The Canadian Rockies are home to North America's highest vertical drop, 4000 feet. The Canada ski area of Panorama offers a wide variety of activities in addition to skiing. Some activities include night skiing, ice skating, ice fishing, horse-drawn wagon rides and snowmobiling. It is one of the few places in Canada to offer Heli-skiing. Panorama caters to families on Canada ski holidays and other vacations by offering a weekly kids activity night, weekly movie night and an occasional game night.

Positioned high in the Canadian Rockies, Whistler ski resort is set to host the 2010 Winter Olympics. As one of Canada's most popular ski and winter sports mountains, it offers all types of skiing holidays in Canada for every ability level and excellent snowboarding conditions. Some of the specialised sports offered at Whistler include dog sledding and sleigh rides. Whistler was designed by skiers so everything is situated to accommodate the Canada ski holiday fraternity and winter sports enthusiasts.

Banff ski resort is set in the Banff National Park and offers a great variety of skiing for every experience level. As a protected National Park, wildlife such as elk are often spotted wandering nearby, sometimes even in the streets. Lake Louise, Norquay and Sunshine are connected Canada ski holiday areas with convenient travel via shuttle service. Night skiing on Mount Norquay, dog sledding, heli-skiing and natural hot springs add to the winter sporting fun available in Banff.

Impressive mountains, amazing ski resort conditions and spectacular ski resorts make each Canada ski holiday well worth the time and investment. Nearly every province in Canada offers good skiing holidays. Edmonton is about a 3 or 4 hour drive to Jasper Canada ski holiday resort. To get to Jasper from Calgary is about a 6 hour drive. The drive from Jasper to Banff via the Icefield Parkway is rated second in the world for scenic driving views.
While visiting Jasper National Park, also a protected wildlife area, don't be too surprised if you see Mountain Sheep on the slopes or even in town. Elk, moose, lynx and even young bear are commonalities in protected areas. A great abundance of scenic and wildlife photographic opportunities await photography enthusiasts throughout the Canada ski holiday resorts and provinces.

Each Canadian province from British Columbia to Nova Scotia offers something exciting and unique for skiers from around the world for their ski holidays in Canada. The six largest metro areas are Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Calgary and Edmonton. Ontario is Canada's most populated province. Sixteen Canada ski resort areas within driving distance of Ottawa and Toronto make season ski passes extremely popular among locals. Some of the more popular ski holidays in Canada resorts in the area include Oshawa Ski Club, Horseshoe Resort, Kamiskotia Ski Resort and Skyloft Ski and Country Club.