Skiers at the Caledonia Nordic Ski Club enjoying some snow, in what has been a relatively snowless winter.

By Tommy Osborne

Local Tourism

Snow on the forecast is great news for Prince George tourism

Dec 17, 2025 | 5:38 PM

PRINCE GEORGE – Prince George’s December has been relatively snowless and warm up to December 17, and what snow the city has seen has, for the most part, melted away. However, Environment Canada’s forecast is calling for plenty of snow and cooler days ahead, which Tourism Prince George is quite happy about.

“Whether it’s the Light up the Orchard at the Northern Lights Estates Winery, or the Celebration of Lights happening soon on December 18 at our local train and railway museum, these events are just so much more special when we have this snow here in Prince George,” said Tourism PG’s Executive Director Scott McWalter.

“One of the best ways to fall in love with Prince George during the winter or the Christmas season is to embrace the snow,” he added.

Perhaps the biggest beneficiary of snow are local ski hills, which are also huge drivers for local tourism as they bring in skiers from all across Northern B.C. to Prince George. For ski hills like the Caledonia Nordic Ski Club, seeing so much snow on the forecast is a welcome sight.

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“As skiers, you’re always kind of waiting for those snowflakes to fall. Mid-December, where we’re at now, we have both the manmade snow as well as the natural snow falling, so that’s really exciting to see,” said Kevin Pettersen with the Caledonia Nordic Ski Club.

For the Caledonia Nordic Ski Club, huge events like the upcoming million dollar combined biathlon event are its main drivers of revenue, but Pettersen explains the members and tourists that use it also play an important role in keeping the club’s standards high, so the more snow it gets, the better.

“Where the membership and the users and the user fees kind of come into play is the operational expenses to run the facility. We kind of have that magic combination: we’re able to grow the facility through the capital investments that are done with the events, and we’re able to maintain the facility with the people that come out and enjoy it,” Pettersen said.

Beyond the ski hills, McWalter adds snow can be great to enhance the overall Christmas vibes, which could make a really positive impression on first-time visitors looking to embrace holiday cheer.

“For those visitors during the holiday season, for them to actually experience perhaps what might be their first white Christmas, that’s something special. It’s something special for the visitors, but it’s also special for us residents who get to vicariously live through their eyes as they witness snow for the first time,” McWalter said.

With temperatures potentially hitting -23°C over the weekend, it is more likely than not that the snow will be here to stay, at least for the coming days.