Framed by the ancient Purcells and the Rocky Mountains, Panorama offers over 2800 acres of skiing and riding and one of the highest vertical drops in North America. Ride epic Taynton Bowl powder, or Panorama?s award winning grooming. Awe-inspiring mountain views give good reason to stop and rest while skiing super-long cruising runs. Panorama Mountain Village is a winter & summer destination resort, with big mountain adventure in an intimate village setting. Located 18 kilometres (11.2 miles) west of Invermere on the BC side of the Canadian Rockies it is a a 3-hour drive south-west from Calgary, Alberta. Panorama Mountain Village was founded as the Panorama Ski Hill Company in 1962 by three locals - Karl Strobl, Fritz Zehnder and Guy Messerli. In 1993, the Vancouver based Intrawest Corporation purchased Panorama. Intrawest?s commitment to Panorama has seen it develop and expand with challenging, new ski terrain, a superior golf course and a unique, ?smaller by design? mountain village.