Fort St. James · British Columbia
Big vertical.
Small-town prices.
Twenty-three runs, 1,740 feet of vertical and the longest T-Bar in North America — run since 1977 by the people of Fort St. James, for the people of Fort St. James.
Early-bird pricing runs 1 September – 31 October. It is the cheapest the season ever gets.
- 1,740 ft
- Vertical drop
- 23
- Runs
- 300 cm
- Average snowfall
- 12 min
- Base to peak
530 m
green to steep chutes
per season
on the T-Bar
Sample data — demo only
Today on the Ridge
How a live snow report could read — updated each morning by staff.
Open today
- New snow
- 12 cm overnight
- Base depth
- 148 cm mid-mountain
- Temperature
- -8 °C at the lodge
- Runs open
- 23 /23 plus the park
- T-Bar Turning
- Bunny hill Open
- Terrain park Open
- Cafeteria Open
Cold snaps and wind can close the hill at short notice — a real version of this block would be the single place staff post that news, instead of it living only on social media.
Why the Ridge
One of the last true community hills in BC
Placeholder photo The longest T-Bar in North America
Nearly four kilometres of haul rope carries you from the base to the summit in about twelve minutes — no chairlift queue, no crowds, just a long quiet ride up through the trees.
Placeholder photo Priced so a family can actually ski
Kids five and under ski free. Skiers 70 and over ride by donation. A full adult day is $70 and a child day is $25 — because the point of a community hill is that the community can afford it.
Placeholder photo Built by the people who ski it
Murray Ridge has been built and run for close to fifty years entirely by the local community. Most runs are named for the businesses that donated the time and machinery to cut them.
Buy early, pay less
The season is decided in September
Early-bird season passes go on sale 1 September and hold their lowest price until 31 October. Buying one before the snow flies is the single most useful thing you can do for the hill — pass sales are what get the groomer fuelled and the T-Bar turning in December.
- Child 7–13
- $250
- Youth 14–18
- $400
- Adult 19+
- $700
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2025/26 published rates, shown as an example. A 15% family discount applies at the same address, and kids 5 and under are $21 for the whole winter.
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Placeholder photo The winter
A season built around the school week
The Ridge opens in December and runs to late March, Thursday through Sunday, with the lifts turning 9:30am to 3:30pm. Storm days and deep cold can change that — always check the day's conditions before you drive up.
Hours & directions →-
December
Opening day
The 2025/26 season opened 20 December — the hill's 50th winter.
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January
Community breakfast
New Year's Day breakfast in the lodge, followed by the first turns of the year.
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March
Mt Everest Challenge
Lap the T-Bar until you have climbed the height of Everest. Eight years running.
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Spring
Slush Cup & bathtub races
The season closes the way it should: skimming a pond in fancy dress.
The hill runs on volunteers
Work bees, the board, the canteen, the park crew — nearly everything here is done by people who live in Fort St. James. There is a job for whatever you are good at.