Ice skating and hockey at the rink next to Tube Town. This is where your kids are going to want to spend their time when they are not on their skis! You'll have fun here, too.

Silver Star Mountain Resort in British Columbia has great skiing, there’s no doubt.  Champagne powder covering over 3,000 acres of beautiful terrain with fantastic views and short lift lines, there’s a lot to love.  But what I appreciated the most was all of the family-friendly activities in close proximity, with an all-inclusive price that gives you and your family a lot of fun, affordable options off the mountain.

It’s pretty genius, your lift ticket is called “My1Pass” and is your key to the snow kingdom.  Just learn from my mistake and make sure your ticket is attached to your jacket or pants and on you at all times, it will save you a trip back to your condo or room.

That ticket provides:

• Free tubing at Tube Town
• Free access to the skating rink (skate rentals are extra)
• Free access to snowshoe trails, and
• Free access to 34 miles of beautiful cross-country ski trails

Grab a tube and you are pulled up the mountain to be wooshing down a few minutes later. You and your kids will be laughing all the way!

Tube Town and the skating rink are next to each other, located right outside of Pinheads bowling alley and adjacent to a mini snowmobile track.  Surrounded by picnic tables and a couple of warming fires, your kids will want to spend a lot of time here.  It has a real family vibe that accommodates both young kids and teens.  My teen especially loved it in the evenings; tubing under the night skies and watching the pick up hockey games – something we don’t see as much in the States.

Pinheads serves up high tech bowling with really great food and drinks. Sophisticated and family-friendly.

Warming by the fire watching to kids in a pick up hockey game. Very Canadian, eh?

The indoor climbing wall

Oh!  And another thing we’d never seen before – a free style airbag!  Get crazy and practice jumps like the pros into Silver Star Freestyle Ski Club’s new Katal Innovations Mega LP 2.0 Transitional Airbag.  Although it’s available to beginners, we just watched this time.  It was very entertaining.

Of course there’s nothing wrong with sitting by a cozy fire with a warm drink, taking in the views.

Enjoying the view.

Disclaimer:  My family was a guest of Silver Star Mountain Resort for purposes of this review.