Big Red Cats

We had a great 2 days of powder skiing with Rob, Oscar and Sydney. Lots of trees and varied terrain so each run felt unique. They like to keep things moving so we could max out our run count. Eating on the ride back up so you don't waste time for a long lunch. They can't completely control the skill level of the group so we did a little waiting for some older less skilled guys, but I'm sure the young guns felt like they had to wait for us. Any negative reviews about cancelled trips and large groups don't understand how running a business works. This trip was a rain check trip from last year. I had a friend who went out with a similar outfit when we got cancelled an had bad skiing conditions. I would rather wait for powder than just go because you're there. I will book with Big Red Cats again!!

Cory and Dylan (Guides) and Gerry (driver) were great. Considering the conditions weren't ideal, they worked hard to find us the good stuff...sun was shining,, our group had a great day!!

We had a great time when we were actually skiing, but much of the day was spent waiting around. Our skis didn’t touch the snow until 11:30am, despite good weather and low avalanche risk. Once we finally got moving it was slow going. We were in an Advanced/Expert group, but it was a large group and we were frequently stopping and regrouping. Runs I could ski in 5-10mins, even as an old guy, were taking 40+ mins. The pace picked up a little after the first few runs and we squeezed in the 6 run minimum, but given how much we paid it was disappointing to spend so much of the day not skiing. The guides were nice though and the quality of skiing was good.

What a joke of an operation. They make you pay in full 90 days out from your trip and then cancel your day 5 days out and issue NO REFUND. They give you a "rain cheque" that expires the next season so when you live a 5 hour flight and 3 hour drive from their location, good luck ever using that! I fully understand that they cannot control the weather - these things happen. But in cancelling their cats, they will create a backlog that surely fully fills the cats once the weather improves. You are not running a cat on the cancelled day - therefore, my "spot" will be filled and you still keep my money. Terrible, terrible customer service. Oh, and the best part? After leaving multiple messages and waiting days on a phone call back, they are incredibly rude to boot! Don't waste your time - plenty of other good options out there

We had 2 fantastic days of Cat Skiing with the Big Red Cats Team. The guides were all there the be sure we had an awesome experience, and we did just that! They mixed up our runs between challenging steep tree runs and open lower angle snow fields. The powder was perfect. Lunch was pretty good too! Everyone was hooting all day and, speaking for myself anyway, exhausted, and fully satisfied at the end of each day.

Good fun, very crowded cat with 13 skiers (not including guides), lots of time in the cat versus skiing

Simply put: best day of skiing I have ever had. Felt a bit overwhelmed by the terrain at first (as more of an intermediate skier who is comfortable on single blacks but not double blacks and ultra steep stuff) but the guides were stellar and made me feel safe. All in all the experience was a 10 out of 10. Hope to be back again in the future.

Had an amazing two days with BRC, our guides were great at finding us some great terrain and making the experience excellent! We'll be back without a doubt!

First experience w Red Cat in February and had a great time. They take safety seriously (which I like) but will admit if it was my first ever cat skiing experience (which it wasn't) may have been intimidated by the safety lecture and demonstrations before we departed in the cat. As in "what am I getting myself into???". But no need for concern, just be honest about your skill level, choose the right ability level (I'm intermediate) and have fun. Huge playground with tons of acreage to catch great snow. Timing is everything and while we didn't have the fortune of a lot of new snow, there was plenty of great powder in very good condition making it an excellent experience. Guides were friendly and professional and even shared tips w me for improving my skiing (greatly appreciated!). Pluses for this operation over others I've experienced: all skiers were given safety packs to carry including a radio (really liked the radio so I could hear direct conversation between the guides, for me, more information is better than less). Minuses: better, clearer communications on what is and is not included. They do recommend bringing your own water but they have water available. I brought a water bottle and they had water available, but is was hot water. Had I known that I would have planned better. But, not a big deal. All in all, ready to go back!

Friends and I went to Big Red Cat skiing March 11 in the "expert" cat with Ben who was nice and G, who was not, as our guides. At first, I thought maybe it was me and "g" and I just didn't click. Well, hours later and after speaking with others in my cat, I found out it wasn't just me. Comments like "all I did was worry about doing something wrong" or "that guy hates his job" were common. Including from people on the trip I stumbled into at the bar later. The way I would describe the experience was, picture the DMV (Dept of Motor Vehicles) operating a cat skiing company and then getting their grumpiest employee to "lead guide" the experience. I'll skip the poor food and run selection as some of those things can't be helped or aren't that important to me. Bizarrely, and the reason I gave 2 stars, is I met another guide at the same bar I stumbled on to other (extremely) dissatisfied clients and he couldn't have been nicer. His name was Alex. I'd hate to hurt his prospects but I gotta be honest, for me, this experience was a dud. And, actually kinda bizarre. How hard is it for a guide to at least pretend to enjoy his job?