Always rely on weather and good snow even in spring. Great range of runs which all end at the village. Very well thought out. Village is quaint with lots of restaurant choices, some shopping, community centre, and very family friendly. Best set up in BC.
Friendly no fuss atmosphere with amazing facilities and wonderful skiing. A place that people keep coming back to every year.
We came here 3 years ago, and are back again. Quaint village. Fantastic ski area. 3 mountains, 1 village. Ski in out..and lots of runs for every level of skier. Snow a bit sparse this year, but still plenty of runs. Slopes are quiet, wide sweeping runs. Blue skies. Love it!
Sun Peaks is a great ski hill. It has something for everyone and has plenty of options. Snow conditions are typically good although like the rest of the west coast of North America the 2015 season has been challenging. Where the resort is let down is by the limited dining options available.
We love Sun Peaks so much the first time that we immediately booked for the following year (December 2013 and 2014). It has something for everyone ... skiing and snow boarding, dog sledding, tubing, ice skating, snow shoeing, the list goes on ...We wish we could spend every Christmas in Sun Peaks! It really is the ideal place for a family vacation. It's an easy drive from Kamloops (about an hour), or there are regular shuttles from the airport and the Greyhound bus depot. The village itself has some lovely restaurants and cafes (we especially loved Tod Mountain Cafe) and shops. Both years we managed to book a horse-drawn sleigh ride on Christmas night followed by dinner at Bella Italia restaurant.We also (unfortunately) had reason to use Ski Patrol and the hospital at Kamloops, both of which were staffed by outstanding individuals. We couldn't have asked for better treatment.We'll be staying home this Christmas with family, but we'll be dreaming of a perfect White Christmas like the previous two years!!!
Sun Peaks is a good family resort with runs that are accessible for all skier abilities but mainly intermediate skiers. The resort has a very nice village with a good selection of restaurants, shops and hotels. My biggest complaint is regarding the on-hill food options. The base lodge and mid-mountain restaurants serve horrible, unimaginative food that is way over priced. The food is so expensive that we found it cheaper to just go into the village for lunch and eat in a full service restaurant. We also got way better food this way.
This was my first time to Sun Peaks and certainly sorry I hadn't come here sooner. My boys would have enjoyed skiing and boarding on the variety of runs and mountains. But better late than never - finally made the trip with our 3 year old grandson and we had a blast. The magic carpet got us going and soon we were off riding on together on some of green runs. Afternoon rips around the hill were fun on my own and will enjoy coming back during a better snow season.
It is not fancy like Whistler but more into really skiing and enjoying your stay. I liked the broad ski anywhere slopes and then the trails a glens. One could have group of mixed abilities but all ski together because of the trail arrangements.
This was our first visitThe free guiding was greatVery friendly and helpful ski hire staffEverything all very closeSlopes were well thought out and kept very well - from summer when we were told they summer groomed then to winter with lovely groomed runsWe were told it was their worstb ever year, but we flu d the slopes, well kept, no stones coming through and if cloudy lots of gladed runs
This is our second time to Sun Peaks and won't be our last. The interior snow is simply better than the coastal snow (even when they have it...) and skiing was excellent even late in the season in a bad season. The size and configuration of the mountain complex totally allowed for accomodation to conditions: for example, when the wind chill was too much on Crystal, we escaped it on Morrisey. Downsides would include not much to do on a bad ski day or for a family après ski, a bit small in the village and no meaningful connection between the Crystal chair and the peak of Todd.