Mount Norquay ski areas near Banff says it has become the first ski resort in Canada to be powered entirely by 100% renewable power.
The ski centre has partnered with Bullfrog Power which it describes as "Canada's leading green energy provider" to receive energy generated from a blend of wind and low-impact hydro power from new, Canadian renewable energy facilities.
While many Canadian ski areas are powered by hydro-electricity and some have invested in on-site hydro like Whistler's Fitzsimmons creek plant, Norquaty say they're the first in the country to have everything from keeping the resort's chair lifts moving, to lighting up its day lodges green energy powered.
Mt Norquay is a few years off its centenary and has a '100 Vision' plan for significant upgrades to make the resort more accessible and environmentally and economically sustainable.
The plans include replacing its chairlift built in 1946 with a two-station gondola, expanding and restoring Cliff House restaurant, creating a wheelchair accessible via ferrata route, and enhancing its shuttle system to better manage traffic on the Norquay access road through the Cascade Wildlife Corridor.