Sunshine Village

Base

Skipasses: $79.95 plus tax.

Hours of operation: 9:00-4:00.

chairs without footrests

Lifts: A gondola that takes you from parking lot to Sunshine Village with a midstation in between to access Goat's Eye Mountain. From village and midstation there lead 9 chair lifts on the three mountains around. Even though looking new they had no footrests.

Lookout Mountain

Mount Standish

Goat's Eye Mountain

Trails: Sunshine Village has a World Cup Downhill trail that we used immediately. Besides the usual trails and glades, Sunshine Village offered two skiing enclosures with special restrictions called Delirium Dive and The Wildwest. We had only one day there and not the right equipment so we stayed on the normal trails of which there were enough. The areas were also closed due to risk of avalanches, but I guessed that there was not enough snow to ski them. Some of the black normal runs did not deserve their designation.

Entry to the Wild West

Snow: Sunshine Village proved its name. As there was no cloud to cover the sky, it got really cold. It is also Canada's highest ski resort which will bring temperature even further down. The snow was good and the trails groomed. At some points there were icy parts and stones. We saw it had not snowed in some time as all the snow was crammed on the trails and the open area laid bare.

Specials: Wifi was available at the village for 9.95$ plus tax for 24 hours. Staff who loaded and unloaded your skis and boards on the gondola. Several restaurants at the village offered lunch, but we decided to have lunch at Goat's Eye Mountain - that place is like a canteen in a barack. No atmosphere at all.

Some take the gondola back down to base, other the easiest way and we took the Canyon.