Experience WinterSkiing, Snowmobiling & More

Marble Mountain – Atlantic Canada's premier ski resort – boasts a 1,700-foot vertical drop, 39 runs ranging from novice to expert, 5 lifts, and an average snowfall of 16 feet. At its peak, it's higher than any other ski area in Atlantic Canada. And nearby Corner Brook is one of the snowiest cities in Canada. Here, you can snowboard, telemark, and downhill ski on easy or challenging runs. Keep your adrenaline going on the snowboarding tracks or ziplines. Then, take it inside the beautiful post-and-beam lodge for live music and local food.

Smokey Mountain Ski Club is your ski destination in western Labrador. Located in Labrador City, Smokey has 100% natural snow, some of the best skiing conditions on the East Coast, and offers the longest ski season in Atlantic Canada.

If you're travelling in eastern Newfoundland, head to White Hills Ski Resort in Clarenville. This snow-clad playground offers everything for the skier or snowboarder, and it's only a 2-hour drive from our capital city, St. John's.

There's both great groomed and backcountry skiing – depending on your level of experience and abilities. Take a leisurely cross-country adventure into our parks, on community trails and unmarked wilderness. Gros Morne National Park has a full network of groomed trails for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. Labrador City has almost 40 kilometres of groomed trails.

Snowmobiling in Newfoundland and Labrador offers riders coastal journeys with beautiful ocean vistas and exotic treks through untouched forests, over ancient mountains, and along the edges of glacier-carved fjords. With over 5,000 kilometres of trails, and an abundance of accessible backcountry, snowmobiling here rivals anything the Rockies have to offer.

The key to an amazing and successful snowmobile adventure in Newfoundland and Labrador is using an experienced tour operator. They know the terrain, all the secret spots, and where the best powder hides.

Trail passes are available on the island from the Newfoundland and Labrador Snowmobile Federation – or, if you're in Labrador, get your trail passes from one of the local snowmobile clubs.

Newfoundland and Labrador does winter in a way that makes you forget you ever cared for summer at all. Traverse the forest on a zipline, head out with a dogsled team in Labrador, or learn to forage for yourself in the wilderness. And all this activity just makes your downtime flaking out in a cosy cabin, or enjoying some of the best entertainment and cuisine in North America, all the sweeter.