This hop ends at Revelstoke, a fairly large city in southeastern British Columbia. Founded in the 1880s when the Canadian Pacific Railway was built through the area; mining was an important early industry. The construction of the Trans-Canada Highway in 1962 further eased access to the region, and since then tourism has been an important feature of the local economy, with skiing having emerged as the most prominent attraction.

Revelstoke holds the Canadian record for snowiest single winter. Two thousand four hundred and fourty four centimetres (963in) of snow fell on Mt. Copeland outside of town during the winter of 1971-72. That works out to just over 24 metres (80ft) of snow. The town itself received 779 centimetres (307in), and snow levels were higher than many roofs around town by more than a few metres.