Sun Peaks

Sun Peaks got its name not because the sun shines all the time on top of the peaks, but because the sun "peeks" in from time to time. At least, we only saw it one day during our stay.

On our first day, we started right with double black diamond trails and we did ski a lot of them during our stay. My favorite runs are Hidden Valley (black), Three Bears (blue) and Runaway Lane (blue).

Three Bears

After lunch, we joined the "Ski with Nancy Greene" crowd - she is a Olympic Gold medallist and won the World Cup in 1967 and 1968. She promoted skiing all over Canada and is a local hero. The Canadians in the group immediately told us all about her - like she was appointed to the Senate in Ottawa. That's the reason, why you can only ski with Nancy on the weekends.

Nancy Greene

The other days, we kept on going through the woods and more or less finding a way on our own, sometimes guided by the trails left behind by others, sometimes setting our own. Usually going down the double black diamonds meant a lot of work and we were getting really warm.

Thanks to Victor's GoPro Video camera, we can present you some ski movies.

cameraman

Hell's Kitchen movie (aka Freddie's Nightmare)

There is only one lodge on the mountain at the top of the Sunburst lift, but you can find toilets at some other points as well as a warming hut on the Top of the World (2080 m !!!). You can also eat in the village that you can access on skis. On two days, we went down to the hostel and cooked something ourselves.

Sun Peaks

The resort has only one supermarket and no fuel station, so you better think about what all you have to bring or you will have to live without.

Skipasses: Same as in Whistler.

Hours of operation: 8:30 (Burfield Chair starting at 9:00) to 3:30 (depending on month)

Lifts: 5 chairlifts (one with bubble, Burfield chair taking 22 minutes to the top), one T-bar, two ski lifts and two magic carpets.

Trails:

Green - easy to the point of going uphill and if you fall nothing happens. Usually groomed. (European green/ blue)

Blue - a bit steeper, mostly groomed and if you fall, it's okay. (European red)

Black Diamond - really steep, can be narow and ungroomed. If you fall, you slide. (European black)

Double Black Diamond - extremely difficult, steep slope, difficult moguls, glades, drop offs and trees. If you fall, you may slide over a cliff or hug a tree.

Snow: all kinds - groomed trails, harsh fields, sloshy warm, powder if you hunt it down.

Specials: Like Whistler, Sun Peaks offers free mountain guide host tours twice a day (9:15 am and 1 pm from Sunburst base). A real special thing is skiing with Nancy Greene.

Mount Morrisey