The Rossland Bikepacking Summit will introduce bikepacking to a diverse audience and will strengthen and build the local bikepacking community in the West Kootenays. The event organizers believe biking is a sport that can be enjoyed by everybody and every body. However, several barriers to engaging in the sport exist and include lack of exposure to other bikepackers, challenge locating routes, lack of community, and a difficulty navigating the broad and esoteric worlds of bicycles and bikepacking gear. This summit addresses those barriers by including a gear expo and demo, speakers, and a group ride and camp. All events are planned to be inclusive and welcoming to all ages, bodies, genders and cultures.

A local favourite, RED Teeth: A Mountain Wine Festival, is back for the 5th round on Saturday, June 17th! Participating wineries and event details coming soon.

Beer Goggles is BACK for round 8! Coming Friday and Saturday, July 21st and 22nd, come sample some of BC’s best craft breweries at the base of the mountain. Get ready for tunes to groove to, food to fill the stomach, and of course a beer in your hand, all surrounded by the beauty and glory of RED Mountain. Participating breweries and full details coming soon.

Christmas Day in the mountains is a bit different than at home. Instead of one tree there are thousands–plus, you can shred with Santa if you’re making RED your home for the holidays! If you miss the meet-up at Paradise Lodge at 11am but can find Saint Nick getting gnarly out on our slopes he might just give you a treat. Come one, come all. This is serious fun for all ages.

Team GIVE’R Foundation presents Local Legends Freeski Day! This is a 1 day freeski camp/mentorship program for youth aged 9 – 18. Kids and young adults in the community can ski with and learn from the friendliest pros and well-known riders that live in Rossland. This initiative is to raise awareness for the Team GIVE’R Foundation and to align with our mission for kids to chase their dreams. All funds raised will go to the foundation to help kids get into the sport of skiing and fulfill their deepest passions.

Are you someone who can guess the IBU of any beer? Do you toss around terms like “malt backbone” and “Burton Snatch,” assuming that others have any idea what you’re on about? If so, don’t miss Battle of the Brews in Rafters. You can taste the wares of Rossland Beer Co., Tail Out Brewing, and Vancouver Island Brewing and vote on your favourite collabs. There’ll be live music, giveaways and, the Rafters specialty: cool, beer-loving people.

This is the testing ground for the newest adults in the freeskiing wilderness. See what happened to skiing when you weren’t looking. Your teeth will get cold because your jaw will be dropped when you witness the Hollywood mayhem on Links Line. If you’re not a freeskiing whiz competing, you should still try and catch a few comp runs from Motherlode if you can.

Possibly the biggest event of the year! The Annual Rossland Winter Carnival is packed with community and family-oriented activities and events throughout this historical weekend, with lots of reasons and ways to celebrate! From ice sculptures and ice bars, live music, food vendors, fire dancers and parades, tobogganing, bobsled races, RED Mountain's "The Game" Rail Jam, and more, this is seriously a weekend to remember.