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Sunshine Village, Canada - Alberta

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Sunshine Village summary

Sunshine sits in the middle of Banff National Park and offers an excellent opportunity to ski above the tree line and see the magnificent backcountry of B.C. and Alberta. In a single run, you can cross the continental divide, skiing from Alberta to B.C and back again. 100% natural cover is pretty much a certainty as Sunshine's elevation and proximity to the divide usually results in more snow here than at any other Alberta resort and, more often than not, it is the champagne powder variety! Sunshine boasts fantastic lift-accessed steeps and they have recently opened new freeride zones on Goat's Eye Mountain and off the backside of Lookout Mountain, with terrain to test even the pros.

Resorts close to Sunshine Village include: Lake Louise (20 km), Banff Mt Norquay (47 km), Kicking Horse (48 km), CMH Bobbie-Burns (54 km), Nakiska (85 km),

	Trails (Pistes): 108	Halfpipes: 1
	Summit: 2729 m	Toplift: m
	Beg: 22% Int: 31% Adv: 47%	Terrain Parks: 1
	Vertical Drop: 1071 m	X-Country: -
	Lifts: 14 (1 gondola, 9 chair lifts, 4 surface lifts)	Snowmaking: -
	Gondolas / Cable Cars: 1	Slopeside accom.: Y
	Restaurants: 7	Acres of ski: 3100
	Bars: 7	Nearest Airport: Calgary
	Nearest Train: Edmonton	Info phone: +1/403/7624421 \| Sunshine Village Resort Info Website

Visitor Reviews of Sunshine Village

Banff_Skier from CANADA writes:

Regarding the bus service in Banff, as far as I understand, Banff / Lake Louise is the only ski resort in the world where the resorts pay 100% of the costs. At all other resorts: the town, province/state, government, hotels, municipality, tourism leveys, etc. pay for all or part of transportation. The Alberta government is making millions a year in hotel tax; why not use it to improve the guest experience?

And don't you think the hotels will sell more rooms, if you can get to a resort from Banff for a couple of bucks?

Hey, when I was in Salt Lake, I took a public bus for a couple of bucks to Alta/Snowbird. Whistler has public transportation too. Hey, in Europe it is part of the town too. It sucks that Banff is at a competitive disadvantage to other resorts. Besides, ski resorts should be in the ski business, not the transportation business; and they should not have to bear 100% of the cost that benefits the entire community. We are all in it together, hey?

I live in Banff, and know tons of locals who would benefit from having public transport to the ski resorts. Pay a couple of bucks, and make it to the mountain and back in time for work. If you are working a minimum wage job, having cheap public transport makes a huge difference. It also would be good in the end for the destination -- happy staff who can afford to ski or ride more, better customer service -- and better staff attracted to the destination.

And to those of you who says Sunshine lacks tough terrain, look into the Z entrance from Galaxy Ridge in Delirium Dive, or hike up into South Side Chutes, or huck madetory air through the choke in Englers through Wild West, or do the pillow drops though Hayes Hill in Delirium, or just look at the map to the entrance to Silver City (99.9% of skiers/snowboarders would never even think to even attempt; every line in Silver City has no fall zones),etc., etc., then tell me Sunshine doesn't have the toughest terrain "inbounds" in North America.

Louise is awesome, but the tough terrain is right in front of you. Sunshine: it is also there, but takes some knowledge and work to get to. I have skied everywhere from Jackson Hole, Whistler, Alta, Park City, Aspen, Vail, Fernie, Jasper, Kicking Horse, Blackcomb, Deer Valley, Steamboat, Revelstoke, Snowbird, and so many more, and in my mind there are only two resorts that have terrain that can match what is in all of Banff/Lake Louise. And Jackson Hole isn't one of them.

I've lived in Banff/Lake Louise the last 13 years, and the least I have skied during that time is 53 days in a season. Most is 153.

2008-03-29

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