Correction: a previous version of the online article and the print copy incorrectly say the Cabot Pacific 18-hole course has started fertilizing instead of seeding. The online version has been corrected.
Revelstoke Mountain Resort (RMR) is eyeing up a potential tourism influx for summer 2025 while juggling supply delays on major projects. Summer preparations come off a record-setting winter season in terms of guests, but suboptimal snow lower down the mountain, Peter Nielsen, vice president of operations and general manager of RMR told an audience of 15 at the Monday, June 16 public information session at Revelstoke Community Centre.
“The mountain probably felt a little busier than it actually was because we had that limited snow footprint,” Nielsen said, adding this season will see a focus on solutions for the coming winters for snow management, grooming and snow production.
Already the resort has earmarked $200,000 to invest in low snow solutions, one in a series of smaller investments. Larger projects include the Revelstoke Mountain Highline, a suspension bridge and viewing platform that could see a soft opening by August.
Summer expectations for RMR
While visitors in the winter typically make the trek out to Revelstoke after flying into destinations like Calgary and Kelowna, the region is a popular road trip destination during the summer months, and current national tourism predictions are pointing to a swell in that traffic this year.
“Particularly in times of uncertainty around economics, Canadians tend to jump into cars and do road trips,” Nielsen said. “We are very much a road trip destination.”
Golf enthusiasts waiting for the upcoming Cabot Pacific 18-hole course will have to remain content with other options in the region for the coming summers. While grading, seeding and other work has been done on nine holes at the future course, a summer 2026 opening is not in the cards.
“It will be the full 18 holes [in 2027],” Jason Kelder, RMR president explained, adding RMR and Cabot Pacific are waiting on assessments for water features by the Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship which has delayed the project.
“Right now the province suggests getting approval for a water license in six to nine months. They’re tracking at 48 months, we’ve been in application for this for three years,” Kelder said.
Building community assets
Two major developments at the resort, on-site staff housing and The Karl hotel and conference centre are within reach of the finish line.
With RMR’s staff housing project nearing completion, 92 apartments are expected to be ready by September. Offering a range of housing options with a majority as two-bedroom apartments, the staff housing will help bring a sizable chunk of RMR’s staff closer to the resort. Current RMR-owned properties in town will remain within the resort’s portfolio, but a majority of rentals the resort has used would be returned to the housing market as the staff move to the on-site staff housing, Nielsen explained in a December 2024 information session.
The Karl, Selkirk Tangiers Heli Skiing’s future home, and a hotel offering 150 rooms and a conference centre is already seeing community interest as it prepares to open September 2026.
While RMR’s focus for visitors will be the amenities, spa and Chop-branded steakhouse offered at The Karl along with other attractions, Kelder agreed that a chunk of Revelstoke’s community is focused on what opportunities the roughly 6,700 square feet of conference and ballroom space will provide.
From potentially hosting Revelstoke Chamber of Commerce’s business excellence awards gala to being the SILGA hub when Revelstoke hosts in 2026, the conference and ballroom hall could be one more resource helping Revelstoke tourism.
“This building is bringing people together in this community, but also bringing people to visit this community,” Kelder said.
While the newly rerouted Camozzi Road to RMR officially opened Monday, November 18, the paired multiuse pathway could be open for use in July.
Delays in lighting infrastructure and paving material kept the pathway from opening with the road, but Kelder is excited to see the finished project connect RMR with the rest of Revelstoke’s biking infrastructure and provide non-car access to the resort and surrounding communities.
“We’re waiting for the pavers to come back, but we’re so close to this being open for everyone to use,” Kelder said.
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