Nakiska 88 OWG Canada

Ecosign was engaged by the Government of Alberta to analyze 22,000 square kilometers of the Alberta Rocky Mountains to choose a location that could successfully host all alpine skiing competitions on one single site for the 1988 Calgary Olympic Winter Games.

After Ecosign conducted technical studies and evaluated dozens of sites, the Government of Alberta selected Nakiska at Mount Allan to host all alpine skiing competitions. For the Winter Games. Subsequently, Ecosign won a public tender to design the Ski Area Master Plan for Nakiska at Mount Allan. We designed the Men’s and Women’s downhill pistes in close cooperation with Mr. Bernhard Russi of the International Ski Federation. The site was later renamed Nakiska Ski Resort, which has grown into a popular commercial ski area and winter sports training centre for national ski teams. Nakiska is an economically viable recreational ski area to date, hosting well over 200,000 skiers annually.