By Ashley Legassic

Harper Mountain fully opens ahead of New Year

Dec 27, 2018 | 12:54 PM

KAMLOOPS — It may have been a slower start than usual for the Kamloops ski hill, but Harper Mountain is now fully operational.

Norm Daburger is the owner of Harper Mountain, and he says despite a mild start to winter in Kamloops, conditions on the ski hill are good.

“The tube park is busy, lots of people, it just takes skiers a little bit to get word that we are open,” he says. “Conditions are good early season conditions, so word’s travelling fast. It’s much busier today, and onwards from here.”

After being delayed a couple of weeks, the mountain opened to skiers yesterday (Dec. 26) with the opening of the T-bar lift. Daburger says the chairlift is opening today and as of tomorrow the hill will be in its full operating schedule.

“It’s opening this afternoon, we’re just doing our final touches. It takes us a little bit once we get the snow to get it all groomed up but the crew is hard at it,” he says. “We’re back on our normal holiday schedule and everything will be listed on our website… and skiing (conditions are) good. I know for the weather in Kamloops people are a little bit surprised but things are good.”

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For more information on Harper Mountain, go here.