SNOWDANCE 2025 TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT!
Thanks so much for all your interest in coming to our wintery little music festival in the woods!
Snow dance 2025: Sat Jan 18 at the Falcon Ridge Ski Slopes!
Tell your pals, bring your kids, bring your grannies! Dig out the snow pants and make sure your winter tires are on ‘cause it’s time to bring the party back to Falcon Lake!
Join us for a day full of wintery Forest fun followed by a cozy and festive evening in the ski chalet featuring musical entertainment by Kris Ulrich & Field guide as JJ Cale, Rattlesnake (aka Ben, Darwin and Terrell), Earth Angel, and a DJ Dance Party with Synonym!
This year the whole festival will be happening on Saturday January 18, with the daytime full of all the wonderful wintery activities that Falcon Ridge provides (skiing, snowboarding, x-country skiing, skating), this year we are delighted to include one free lift ticket (valid for Jan 18 OR 19) with each Snow dance ticket. Your favourite Snow dance specials like the Turkey Shoot, Horse Skijoring with the Falcon Beach Ranch, a Good Neighbour Brewery Snow Bar, Wackydoodle dance party for kids (and adults) in the yurt and more will also be happening around the ski slopes. The Après ski party and music will commence at 7:30 pm in the ski chalet!
Schedule (subject to change!)
Sat Jan 18:
9:30 am- 4:30 pm: Owl Wing Coffee House open! Located at the resort main office (just up the hill from the ski chalet), featuring specialty coffee (Little Sister beans) and an assortment of baked goods! The perfect place to boot up if you are heading out on the trails!
10:30 am - 4:30 pm: Ski Hill open! Grab a lift pass and hit the slopes! Each 2025 Snow dance ticket includes a lift ticket for either Saturdy or Sunday! Alpine Skiing! Snowboarding! Tubing! And enjoy food at Janelle’s Trail’s End Restaurant.
All Day: Skating rink! Bring your skates! Get your friends together for some shinny! We will have our skating rink up and running near the ski chalet. We will have the link lit up for when it gets dark too!
1 pm - 3 pm: Skijoring! Our friends at the Falcon Beach Ranch will have the horses at the hill and you too can try being pulled behind a galloping horse on skis!
2 pm - 3 pm Turkey Shoot! Join Ryan the Groomer on the ice for our annual Turkey shoot. What the heck is that you ask? Well, Ryan draws a target on the ice and we all try and “curl” (slide) a frozen turkey down the ice to be as close as possible to the target. Closest throw brings the bird home!
3 pm - Wackadoodle DANCE PARTY in the Yurt! Wackydoodle is just what it sounds like: an energetic, engaging, and seriously fun live DJ performance geared specifically for children from husband-and-wife duo K Chedda and DJ Co-op.
2 pm - 4 pm: Snow Dance Photo Booth By Robby Bobby and Dharma! At the Ski Patrol Hut!
3 pm - 5 pm: Brûlée Beers with Good Neighbour Brewing! Try a stout beer caramelized with a hot iron poker, as was the fashion with blacksmiths in the 1300s! It is TASTY!
5 pm - 7 pm: Dinner break in the Yurt! The chalet will be closed as we set up the stage for the evening party. Guests are welcome to hang out around the campfire or in the yurt during this time. Janelle’s Bò kho, Vietnamese beef stew served with baguette ($10/ bowl) will be served in the yurt (GF and vegan options available). We will also have some tunes playing, a ping pong table and a little yurt bar set up so you can wet yer’ whistle too!
5 pm - 7 pm: Night Tubing! We will be firing up our lit up tubing lift during this time for all Snowdance pass holders! It’s exhilarating! Lift pass for the tube run is included with your Snowdance Pass.
7:30 pm: MUSIC in the Chalet, stage hosted by Synonym Art Consultation
7 pm - 12 am: Chalet Bar open! Local Beer, Organic wines, Ciders and a few other treats
8 - 10 pm: Poutine Bar open in chalet! Let some specialty poutine fuel you through the night! Ft. topping options like pulled pork and miso mushroom. Vegan/ GF options!
7:30 pm: MUSIC: Earth Angel
8:30 pm: Rattlesnake! (AKA Ben, Darwin & Terrell’s groovy new project)
9:30 pm: Kris Ulrich and Field Guide do JJ Cale!
10:30 pm - 12 am: DJ Dance Party by Synonym!
SUNDAY Jan 19
9:30 am - 4:30 pm: Owl Wing Coffee House Open
10:30 am - 4:30 pm: Ski Hill Open! Breakfast available to order at the Chalet Restaurant!
1 - 3 pm: Coffee at the High Lake/ ima ode kamajeegik warm-up shelter. Ben and Simon will be warming up the High Lake and serving up some coffee! Let’s all enjoy a group ski and hang at High Lake shall we? (CANCELLED DUE TO THE COLD)
artwork by Seth Heinrichs
Enjoy this soundscape video of Snowdance 2023 by our friend Eric Roberts of Fairy Ring Video.
Lets all head out to the woods for Snowdance, the wintery music festival at the Falcon Ridge Ski Slopes.
Wanna make a weekend of it? LOCAL ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS:
This is the on-site resort at the ski slopes, however all of the Falcon Trails cabins are unfortunately booked full already. If you would like to get on their cancellation list for the weekend you can call them at (204) 349-8273 between 9 am - 5 pm or email relax@falcontrailsresort.com
Just a 15 minute drive from the Ski Chalet, the ranch offers 3 beautiful log cabins available for rent. Yes there is a hot tub and sauna there!
Located in the townsite of Falcon Lake (a 20 min drive from the ski resort). 1-204-349-8400
Located in the townsite of West Hawk Lake (a 35 min drive from the Ski Slopes), Keystone has motel units and cabins with 1, 2 and 3 bedrooms. 1-204-349-2250
Located in the West Hawk Lake townsite (35 min drive from the slopes), WHL Resort has 1, 2 and 3 bedroom cabins available for rent. 1-204-349-2244
Located in the townsite of West Hawk Lake (a 35 min drive from the Ski Slopes), CBC Cottages has 1,2, and 3 bedroom cottages with fully furnished kitchens. 1-204-349-2214
Tallpine’s cabins accommodate a maximum of two people each and are located in the townsite of West Hawk Lake (a 35 min drive from the ski slopes). +1 866-349-2209
All this cute artwork (and most of the artwork all over Falcon Ridge, including all that dang graffiti) is done by our resident T-bar Guru Seth Heinrichs