Digging Into the Next Chapter at RED Mountain Resort
Cover photo courtesy of Ashley Voykin
RED has always seemed to attract people who know a good thing when they find it. In 1890, two prospectors took a look at Red Mountain and decided it was worth digging for. They weren’t wrong.
Over the next four decades, this mountain gave up more gold than almost anywhere else in British Columbia. But digging was never the only thing that kept people around. The Scandinavian miners who came for the gold sought a different kind of rush: powder. When the mines closed and the gold rush faded, the prospectors packed up and moved on. The skiers didn’t go anywhere. We don’t blame them.
Long before chairlifts and lift lines, when earning your turns was the only way down, a pioneer mindset carried forward: experiment, fail, get back up and do it again. Season after season, people built something of their own here—a culture, a community, a reason to stay. That spirit has never left this mountain. It just found new ways down.
Over 30 years ago, mountain bikers rolled into Rossland and the digging started again in an entirely different way. This time it was trails instead of mines—hand-built singletrack carved through the forests of the West Kootenays. Steep lines. Loam. Rock slabs. Berms shaped by riders who cared more about the ride than the spotlight. Over time, Rossland quietly became home to one of the most passionate bike communities in British Columbia.
The RED Bike Park is the latest evolution of that story.
Built in collaboration with Gravity Logic, the park delivers lift-accessed laps across a growing network of flow and technical terrain designed for progression: big berms, playful jumps, fast corners, technical rock features, and enough variety to keep beginners, seasoned riders, and everyone in between coming back for “just one more lap.” The Silverlode Chair makes it easy to stack lap after lap, and on Thursdays and Fridays, extended evening hours keep the lifts spinning until 7 p.m., perfect for squeezing in a few extra descents under the long summer light.
And while the riding is the draw, the setting is what makes RED different. Rossland is still a real mountain town—laid-back, unpolished in the best way, and packed with the kind of community energy that’s getting harder to find. Spend the day riding, then cool off in alpine lakes, grab tacos and beers downtown or post up on a patio while the sun drops behind the Monashee Mountains.
For riders in the Inland Northwest, RED is closer than you think. Located just 2.5 hours north of Spokane and only minutes from the U.S. border, it’s an easy weekend road trip with a huge payoff: fewer crowds, bigger terrain and an authentic mountain town experience that feels worlds away from the ordinary.
Another generation. Another reason to dig in. Same mountain. Different rush.
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