How ski‑in/ski‑out is that Big White address?

Every Big White listing on this site also shows its score, just under the photos. Browse all Big White listings.

How the score works

The score follows the route a skier actually takes from the front door to a lift, and back home at the end of the day. Sean built it first for SilverStar and uses the same method here.

Every address is rated on the things that matter most when you’re carrying skis and boots. Walking uphill counts much more than walking on the flat, because climbing in ski boots is the hard part.

• Ski out from the door: how close the snow or a lift base is when you step outside, and whether you have to climb to reach it.
• Ski back to the door: whether a run off a main lift brings you back near the door, and how far you walk from there.
• Easy routes: whether the easiest way out and home is a green, blue or black run. Families with young kids feel this every day.
• Lift distance and the whole mountain: how far it is to a real chair or gondola, and whether your first lift reaches the upper mountain.
• Getting home: whether you can ski home from a main lift, ideally on an easy green run.
• Night skiing: whether you’re close to the night-skiing lifts (Bullet Express and Plaza Chair), with a run home from the top.
• Route and door: flat spots you’d have to pole across, road crossings, and ski rooms. Road crossings and ski rooms are assumed typical until Sean checks them in person.

Big White against Big White: scores only compare Big White homes with each other, so the best ski access at Big White scores 100. A 75 here means “a good bit less convenient than the best of Big White,” not “75% ski-in/ski-out.” Never compare a Big White score with a score from another resort.

What the verdicts mean

• True ski-in/ski-out: 89 or more, with a walk of about 60 m or less each way.
• Short walk to the snow: 74 to 88, or a higher score with a walk of more than about 60 m (up to about 200 m). Most of the village and the closer Feathertop, Raven Ridge and Kettle View homes.
• Longer walk to the snow: 53 to 73, or a walk longer than about 200 m. Walkable in boots, but you’ll feel it with kids.
• Shuttle or drive: under 53, or no mapped ski route between the door and a lift.

Want to know more about what the term really means? Read ski-in/ski-out explained, or see which runs bring you home in the trail guide.

Have Sean check an address

Comparing a few homes, or an address that isn’t in the lookup? Send them to Sean and he’ll score them and tell you what the route is like on the snow.