Where to stay at Big White: our chalets and condos by area
Our 17 places sit in four parts of the mountain. Here's what each area is good at, where it falls short, and which of our chalets and condos are there.
Updated November 7, 2026 by the Locations Mountain Management team. Automatically save up to 20% when you book direct.
Big White is a small village on a big mountain, and where you sleep changes your whole trip. Some of our places are a minute from the shops. Some let you click into your skis at the back door. Some put the skating rink and tube park outside the window. Every chalet and condo in this guide is one we manage at Locations Mountain Management, our team on the mountain, so we know each one, quirks included.
We've sorted our 17 places into the four parts of the mountain they sit in, using the street or area each listing names and Big White's own village map: the Village, Feathertop, Snow Pines and Happy Valley. For each area you'll find what it does well, where it falls short, and who we'd send there.
A few things hold wherever you stay. Big White runs a free shuttle around the resort in winter, so check bigwhite.com for this season's schedule. Lara's Gondola links the Village Centre and Happy Valley, and it's free to ride. Parking on village roads isn't allowed, so the parking that comes with your place matters. Night skiing runs on two lifts, the Bullet Express and the Plaza Chair, Tuesday to Saturday in the regular season and nightly over the holidays (except Christmas Day and New Year's Eve).
The Village
The Village is the middle of it all: restaurants, rental shops, the ticket office and the two night skiing lifts. Big White's map calls it ski-in ski-out, and it's the one area where you can walk to dinner without planning it.
Vista at Big White sits across the road from the Bullet Express, about 50 feet from the chair by its listing, and sleeps 14 with a private hot tub and a view of the Monashees. It suits a big family that wants everything on foot, though 14 people in 1,600 square feet means a lot of bunks. Bear's Paw Chalet is just below the Village. You walk across the road to the run below the Plaza Chair, and ski back in off Perfection to the bottom of the road, about a hundred feet from the door. It sleeps 10 and has a garage that fits bikes in summer, but it's the only one of our Big White places without a hot tub, and it has 2 bathrooms for 10 people.
Winter Escape on Perfection is a 1-bedroom condo in the Snow Ghost building, right over the Perfection run and a minute's walk from the Village. The building's new atrium has a pool, hot tub and exercise equipment you share with other guests. The building itself is older and the condo is small, so it's best for a couple or a small family, and up to 2 medium-size dogs are welcome.
The catch in the Village is space and parking. Winter Escape's parkade is first come, first served with a 7.5 foot height limit. Vista and Bear's Paw each come with a garage stall plus one more spot. Bringing three cars? Look at Snow Pines.
Big White
4.7 (11)
Vista at Big White
Sleeps 14 · 3 bedrooms · 3 baths
From $1,000 for 2 nights
With cleaning, before tax
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5.0 (10)
Bear's Paw Chalet
Sleeps 10 · 4 bedrooms · 2 baths
From $800 for 2 nights
With cleaning, before tax
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3.9 (9)
Winter Escape on Perfection
Sleeps 4 · 1 bedroom · 1 bath
From $370 for 2 nights
With cleaning, before tax
Feathertop
Feathertop sits above the Village beside Sundance, and Big White's map marks a walking trail between the two. Our three chalets on Feathertop Way are standalone houses with garages, private hot tubs and views of the Monashee range. The skiing is the reason to stay: a cat track runs behind them to the Black Forest chair, so you step out the back door, ski to the lift and ski home the same way.
Chalet Monashee sleeps 10 and adds a cedar sauna. White Pearl sleeps 12, has two living rooms and sits about 50 feet from Millie's Mile. Snow Therapy Chalet sleeps 12, with a rec room, an air hockey table and a double garage. Nearby, White Spirit Lodge is a handcrafted log home right on the Sundance run that sleeps 14, with a sauna, a theatre room and a games loft. It's booked by inquiry only.
The trade-off is the walk. Chalet Monashee's listing calls the Village a short walk or shuttle ride, while White Spirit Lodge puts it at 20 minutes on foot or 10 on skis. None of the three Feathertop Way chalets take pets, and the hot tubs at White Pearl and Snow Therapy run in the winter season only. Feathertop suits families and groups who care more about skiing from the door than being next to the shops.
“It’s within a walkable distance to the village.”
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4.6 (5)
Chalet Monashee
Sleeps 10 · 4 bedrooms · 3 baths
From $1,800 for 2 nights
With cleaning, before tax
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4.8 (24)
White Pearl
Sleeps 12 · 4 bedrooms · 4 baths
From $1,800 for 2 nights
With cleaning, before tax
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5.0 (5)
Snow Therapy Chalet
Sleeps 12 · 4 bedrooms · 5 baths
From $6,700 for 7 nights
With cleaning, before tax
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White Spirit Lodge
Sleeps 14 · 4 bedrooms · 6 baths
From $17,000 for 4 nights
With cleaning, before tax
Snow Pines
Snow Pines is the residential neighbourhood on the western side of the resort, and it's where most of our bigger chalets are. The listings describe it as quiet and tucked away. Most of our places here ski in off Serwa's to the back door and ski out down the neighbourhood roads to the Ridge Rocket, Snow Ghost and Plaza chairs, snow permitting. Parking is roomier too: each of our Snow Pines places has space for 2 to 4 vehicles.
Forest Lane Hideaway sleeps 18 and Trapper's Lodge sleeps 8, about 150 feet apart on Forest Lane, so two families can book both. Western Star Chalet on Grizzly Ridge Trail sleeps 12, and Blackrock 6 in Upper Snow Pines sleeps 13. Grizzly Ridge Getaway (11), Fresh Tracks Retreat (10) and Snowy Escape (10) are the mid-size options. Dogs are welcome at Fresh Tracks Retreat and Forest Lane Hideaway, and on approval at Western Star Chalet and Snowy Escape.
The trade-off is distance from the Village. Depending on the house, it's a 10 to 20 minute walk on the lit trail, or you ski to the Plaza Chair and ride up, drive 2 to 5 minutes to the Happy Valley lot and take Lara's Gondola, or catch the shuttle. The road ski-outs need snow on the ground. And guests have found some driveways and walkways icy after a freeze, so pack boots with good grip.
“If you have young children something to note is the village is a little further to get to than some other parts of the mountain.”
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4.8 (15)
Forest Lane Hideaway
Sleeps 18 · 5 bedrooms · 3 baths
From $4,036 for 4 nights
With cleaning, before tax
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4.9 (10)
Western Star Chalet
Sleeps 12 · 5 bedrooms · 5 baths
From $1,600 for 2 nights
With cleaning, before tax
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4.8 (4)
Blackrock 6
Sleeps 13 · 4 bedrooms · 3 baths
From $1,250 for 2 nights
With cleaning, before tax
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4.8 (20)
Grizzly Ridge Getaway
Sleeps 11 · 3 bedrooms · 3 baths
From $950 for 2 nights
With cleaning, before tax
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5.0 (20)
Fresh Tracks Retreat
Sleeps 10 · 4 bedrooms · 3 baths
From $1,000 for 2 nights
With cleaning, before tax
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4.5 (7)
Snowy Escape
Sleeps 10 · 4 bedrooms · 3 baths
From $775 for 2 nights
With cleaning, before tax
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4.8 (12)
Trapper's Lodge
Sleeps 8 · 4 bedrooms · 3 baths
From $1,300 for 3 nights
Next open Apr 15, with cleaning, before tax
Happy Valley
Happy Valley sits at the bottom of Lara's Gondola, next to the skating rink, the tube park, the Happy Valley Day Lodge and the Twinkling Trail. With small kids, this is where we'd stay. Our places here are a couple of minutes' walk from all of it, and the gondola takes you up to the Village for the shops, restaurants and main lifts.
Mountain Time sleeps 9 in the Spyglass complex, and Southpoint 25 sleeps 8. Both describe the same morning: walk out the door, step into your skis and head down to the gondola. Raven's Nest sleeps 6 in The Raven building, a 3-minute walk from the gondola, and adds the building's saltwater pool and small gym. All three have private hot tubs, and all three are on our pet-friendly list.
The trade-off: the Village is a gondola ride or a walk on the shared trail away, and so are the night skiing lifts. These are condos and townhomes, so you get one garage or parkade stall, with overflow at the Happy Valley lot. At Raven's Nest, guests say skiing in and out depends on the snowpack.
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4.9 (24)
Mountain Time
Sleeps 9 · 3 bedrooms · 2 baths
From $700 for 2 nights
With cleaning, before tax
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4.8 (18)
Raven's Nest
Sleeps 6 · 3 bedrooms · 2 baths
From $725 for 3 nights
With cleaning, before tax
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5.0 (9)
Southpoint 25
Sleeps 8 · 2 bedrooms · 2 baths
From $742 for 3 nights
Next open Jan 11, with cleaning, before tax
Which area is yours
Walk to dinner and night skiing: the Village. Ski from the back door of a whole house: Feathertop or Snow Pines. A big group or a few cars: Snow Pines. Toddlers and tubing: Happy Valley. A dog in the back seat: Snow Pines or Happy Valley. For a closer look, compare our hot tub chalets, our ski-in ski-out places, our large group chalets and our pet-friendly stays.
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