Big White is the fourth largest resort in British Columbia, after Whistler-Blackcomb, Sun Peaks, and Silver Star.

It has a central village classified as a designated place by Statistics Canada, which contains a significant retail area as well as multiple accommodations.

Black Forest opened in 1994 adding more runs to the east side of the mountain with an express quad chairlift.

The Cliff Chair (in the North-East section of the mountain) closed during the 2008 season whilst it waited for inspections by avalanche experts after the Parachute Bowl slipped in January 2008.

On Saturday, January 27th, 2024, Big White encountered an operational disruption when the Black Forest high-speed chairlift necessitated evacuation due to a seized bearing in its electric motor.

The addition of several new groomed blue and green runs at Gem Lake has allowed this area to be much more family-friendly to the beginner / intermediate skier or rider.

The ski resort is expected to unveil plans in the near future that call for the addition of 810 ha (2,000 acres) of skiable area on the East Peak.

It features a standard sized half-pipe along with a skier/border cross course and beginner through to advanced rails and jumps.

The park is separated into two sides; one has larger jumps, rails, and boxes, and the other has smaller features, the border cross, and a half-pipe.

[citation needed] As of 2023, the Big White Master Plan proposes more than a dozen additional lifts, again doubling the skiable terrain.

[5] Activities include the Mega Snow Coaster, which was once the largest tubing park in North America, snowmobile tours, Kids snowmobile rides, sleigh riding, dog sleds, snowshoeing through Big White's beautiful trails, and ice skating on the Olympic-sized outdoor rink with a scenic view.

Big White is located about a one-hour drive outside Kelowna and features a quaint on-mountain village.

The Mountain Mart is a fully stocked grocery store and a licensed liquor outlet as well, located in the Village.

On January 6, 2008, Leigh Barnier, an Australian skier, was killed by an avalanche while skiing on an open, in-bounds run.

[6] On March 6, 2010, a snowboarder from Vancouver, British Columbia, was killed after striking an obstacle near the Falcon Chair.

[8] On January 8, 2013, Nickolas Voyer-Taylor, a snowboarder from Winnipeg, Manitoba, died of hypothermia after being retrieved from a creek bed near Sapphire Glades at the Big White Resort.

[9] On December 20, 2017, a 60-year-old skier died after skiing over a 7.6–9.1 m (25–30 ft) cliff that was in an out-of-bounds area and landing buried in the snow.

Attempts were made by emergency personnel and the ski patrol to resuscitate the male skier but were unsuccessful.

[12][13] On July 4, 2023, a teenager died following a mountain biking crash at the BC Cup that took place at Big White Ski Resort over the Canada Day long weekend.