Lake Louise (pictured above on Thursday) and Mt Norquay are expected to be the first ski areas to open for Canada's 22-23 ski seasons next Friday.
The two Banff resorts in Alberta have set 'tentative opening dates" of 4th November and the good news is both have seen heavy snowfall in recent days with more in the forecast. Accumulations of more than 30cm (a foot) were reported in the past 24 hours with more snow falling.
Three more Albertan resorts plan to open over the following week with Nakiska aiming for Saturday 5th and Marmot Basin up near Jasper and the third near-Banff area, Sunshine, aiming for Thursday 10th November the week after next. There's been lots of fresh snowfall reported her to. Sunshine reported it was grooming the fresh snow on Friday ahead opening its Strawberry trail.
Over in the east of the country resorts will start opening later this month. After reporting first snowfalls in the past week several, including largest Tremblant, have begun snowmaking ahead of the season.
