SAM Magazine - Smithers, B.C., - Ski and Ride Smithers, a northern British Columbia resort, has received approval for the resort's master plan. The plan features a a multi-year expansion including ski terrain and retail and residential development. The primary feature of the plan are trails to connect the mountain, which will change its name to Hudson Bay Mountain from Ski and Ride Smithers, to the town of Smithers. The first phase of this project is the the development of a new eight-kilometer "Trail to Town," or "Rotary Community Trail," which will integrate the mountain's ski terrain with the town of Smithers while increasing the ski area's total acreage by five percent and an increase in vertical drop by 52 percent to 3,775 feet. The Trail to Town will be ready this winter, and at build-out the plan calls for up to nine ski lifts serving over 72 trails, including a gondola connecting the town of Smithers with the new resort village center.

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