Watch the Freeride World Tour in Kicking Horse Mountain Resort
When: February 7 to 13
Kicking Horse Mountain Resort is once again the third location on the five-stop Freeride World Tour. It’s the only North American tour stop and some of the best free-riding skiers and snowboarders in the world compete in this international event. While you can watch the competition at Kicking Horse, the viewing locations are ski- or board-in only and it’s recommended that viewers be confident with advanced terrain. If that’s not for you, watch the competition through a free livestream available on Freeride World Tour’s website and Facebook page or catch the full replay online a few days later.
Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, 1500 Kicking Horse Trail, Golden, 1-800-258-7669, kickinghorseresort.com
Enjoy a relaxing stay at a new Banff hotel
Otter Hotel is the newest spot in Banff to rest your head after a busy day in the mountains. The hotel offers amenities like a coffee kit from Sudden Sally (which includes coffee grounds, sugar, cream or other dairy options), complimentary underground heated parking and a complimentary Roam Banff bus pass to help you get around.
1000, 600 Banff Ave., 403-760-8517, otterhotel.com
Go speed dating on a chairlift at Mount Norquay
When: February 14
Love is in the air at Mount Norquay with this adventurous take on speed dating. Take a chairlift ride with a stranger and you could potentially meet a new love interest or friend. Continue your conversation when you get off the chairlift or head back down the hill and take another chairlift ride up with someone new. The speed-dating chairlift rides start at 7 p.m., followed by bingo at 8:30 p.m. and an après-ski mixer at 9 p.m. with a live DJ and food and beverage specials. Registration is required. Tickets for this 18+ event include a lift ticket and can be pre-purchased online or purchased at the door.
2 Mt. Norquay Road, Banff, 403-762-4421, banffnorquay.com
Chow down at a new pizzeria in Banff
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When: Reservations available starting February 20
Say hello to the newest addition to Banff Hospitality Collective, which runs more than a dozen eateries and restaurants in Banff. Pizzeria Sophia opens this month with a robust menu of pizzas, pastas, vegetable dishes, salads and more. Choose from dishes like a roasted cauliflower salad, eight different pizzas, a 50-layer lasagna and more.
202 Caribou Street, Banff, pizzeriasophiabanff.com
See a movie at a mountain film festival in Fernie
When: February 21 to 22
The annual Fernie Mountain Film Festival showcases explorers and filmmakers who capture mountain cultures and fragile environments. Check the website in early February for the 2025 film lineup. Individual tickets are available for just Friday or Saturday screenings, or you can get an all-access pass for both nights.
Knox on 2nd, 201 2 Ave., Fernie, fmff.ca
Watch a dance performance in Banff
When: February 22
Catch a performance of Exile, a new contemporary dance show by Meghann Michalsky, an Alberta dancer, choreographer and the co-artistic director of Project InTandem. Michalsky is the first Alberta choreographer in the history of Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity’s Final Tuning dance residency program. Described as “rock show meets contemporary dance,” Exile touches on ideas like mass unity, energy, transformation and more. Admission is free to both performances on February 22 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., but registration is required.
Margaret Greenham Theatre at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, 107 Tunnel Mountain Dr., Banff, 403-762-6301, banffcentre.ca
Dine on Canadian cuisine at the new Good Folk restaurant
This new restaurant is part of the Otter Hotel and serves up Canadian flavours with curated seasonal menus. Try dishes like warm gold beets and wild trout gravlax, a wild mushroom risotto with cheese from the Kootneys or an Alberta wild boar chop.
1000, 600 Banff Ave., 403-760-8505, goodfolkrestaurant.com
