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Climbing that Big White mountain: the birth of Kelowna’s signature ski hill

Best friends they were 12, Cliff Serwa and Doug Mervyn created Kelowna’s ski resort
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The first ski shop at Big White Ski Resort created and founded by Cliff Serwa and Doug Mervyn. (Contributed by Cliff Serwa)

The story of Big White Ski Resort starts with co-founders Cliff Serwa and Doug Mervyn.

Serwa and Mervyn saw the need for a bigger ski resort close to Kelowna and went all into creating it themselves.

“It would’ve never happened if Doug and I weren’t good friends,” said Serwa.

When they were just growing up, both of them moved to Kelowna with their families and met at United Church Camp.

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Jordy Cunningham

About the Author: Jordy Cunningham

Hailing from Ladner, B.C., I have been passionate about sports, especially baseball, since I was young. In 2018, I graduated from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops with a Bachelor of Journalism degree
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