Kitsumkalum - The Lost Resorts, Episode 13

The town of Terrace, British Columbia has both an incredible skiing culture and an incredible ski hill. While most visitors today might assume that Shames Mountain has been part of the community for a long time, the reality is that Shames is actually the 6th ski hill to operate in Terrace. The main focus of this video will be examining the 5th ski hill, Kitsumkalum, as well as exploring the 4 original hills in Terrace while discussing the bumpy road to the Shames Mountain development.
The Lost Resorts is a weekly video series that focuses on the history of lost ski resorts in North America. New episodes release every Thursday at 5:15am MST (unless otherwise notified). Join me as we take a look at the forgotten resorts, that were once bustling lively enterprises.
Kitsumkalum Information:
Years of Operation: 1973-1986
Run Count: 14
Lifts: 1 Double (Mueller), 1 T-Bar (Doppelmayr), 2 Rope Tows
Music by Artlist.io

[@ben10nnery]

The snow at Shames is insane! Really cool to see its origins

[@DebbyDonnelly]

This is amazing. I grew up skiing and racing on Kitsumkalum. Thanks for putting this together!

[@davedavidson3212]

Will you be doing a video on blue mountain ski area in Utah?

[@stickynorth]

Another great video as always. It's a shame that Smithers thought Shames was going to be competition because let's face it they are about as direct competition as Golden and Revelstoke are... Also a bit sad that neither expanded to their true potential as world-class resorts in NW BC either because the geography is spectacular up there... And not nearly as crowded as the Banff's and Whistler's...

[@Skier72]

Exactly. It was the same argument with Mt. Hays up in Prince Rupert (just wait until that video comes out haha). In a nutshell, the mayor of Prince Rupert had a personal vendetta against the mountain (it was town-owned), and even though the area saw enormous success with summertime gondola rides and winter skiing, he shut it down with no further consideration. An argument he made was that the town-run ski area lost business to Shames up in Terrace. I'm actually mad that Mt. Hays was closed, as with all the cruise ships that dock in PR now, Mt. Hays could have become a really unique, profitable operation.

[@JefffRushton]

As a resident of both prince rupert and terrace its very sad we don't have the hays gondola anymore. Biking in the summer with a gondola would have been amazing.

[@JamesRegister-np7gn]

Sooo...........will you be doing a video on New Market's Mountain Run ski area?

[@Skier72]

I'll see. Probably don't have enough info on it. My schedule for the next few episodes is on my community channel page.