Whats New At Whitewater 2026/2027

Our teams have been busy across the mountain all summer, from bringing new terrain inbounds and improving some of your favourite zones to major maintenance projects and upgrades around the resort. With more than $1 million invested in projects, equipment, maintenance, and improvements ahead of this winter, there’s been a lot happening while you’ve been away.

190 Acres of New Terrain

One of the biggest changes coming to Whitewater this winter is the addition of Short Side to our inbounds terrain, bringing six new runs to the trail map for the 2026/2027 season.

Located between Giddy Up Gully and Sprollers, Short Side has historically sat outside Whitewater’s ski area boundary. This summer, our crews have been hard at work bringing this terrain inbounds, adding approximately 75 hectares (190 acres) to Whitewater’s controlled recreation area.

And bringing Short Side inbounds takes a lot more than moving a line on the trail map. We teamed up with F2 Logging, whose crew spent about a month working throughout the area, with more than 50 hectares of glading completed as part of the project. New road construction and two new ski ways were also added to better connect the terrain with the rest of the mountain.

This will help move skiers and riders from Buckshot toward the Shrine and back to the Backside Ski Way, creating a natural connection between Short Side and Whitewater’s existing trail network. The result is six new runs featuring the fall-line skiing, gladed terrain, and classic Whitewater character that make this part of the mountain so special.

Short Side continues several years of terrain expansion at Whitewater, following the opening of the Raven Chair and the addition of Goat’s terrain, giving skiers and riders even more room to explore when the snow starts stacking up.

It's Been a Busy Summer on the Mountain

Across the rest of the mountain, crews have been brushing, limbing, and glading in Tailings, Quicksilver, Monkey Trees, Jack Leg Glades, and the Bonanza/Paydirt tree island.

Excavation and slope work on Upper Bonanza, Upper Sluice Box, Jackpot, and the Hummingbird Ski Way will help improve early-season grooming, while a new access road up Upper Powder Keg will provide a better route to the ridge and make morning avalanche control more efficient. At the top of Glory, a new unload ramp will provide a more consistent surface for skiers and riders getting off the chair.

Down at the base, we’ve replaced the former sea can washroom with a new bathroom built into the Skier Services Lodge. Its new location clears up a key route back into the base area, helping improve skier and rider flow on busy days.

Some of the most important summer work is the stuff you might never see. As soon as the season ends, our lift maintenance team gets to work removing chairs and completing rope inspections, carrier work, and line work across our lifts. This summer also included replacing a bearing on the Glory Chair, a significant project that will help extend the life of the lift.

We’ve also added a new CAT 930 loader to improve snow-removal operations and connected the generator to both Guest Services and the Skier Services Lodge, helping maintain essential services during power outages.

Another major project this summer focused on Bonanza, with the goal of getting this popular run groomed earlier in the season.

A specialized spider excavator spent approximately two weeks working on Bonanza, redistributing rock and improving the slope so our grooming team can get a snowcat onto the run with less snow on the ground.

Historically, Bonanza has required approximately 120 to 150 centimetres of snow before it could be groomed. The goal of this summer’s work is to bring that closer to 100 centimetres, helping us get the run groomed and ready for guests sooner when conditions allow.

It’s all part of a broader effort to make more of the mountain groomable earlier in the season and get the most out of every centimetre that falls.

From six new runs on Short Side to glading, slope work, lift maintenance, infrastructure, and improvements around the base, it’s been a busy off-season at Whitewater.

Some of these changes will be obvious the first time you click into your skis or strap into your board this winter. Others are the kind of improvements you may never notice, and that’s exactly the point. Together, they’re all about making the mountain better and getting Whitewater ready for the season ahead.