Snowsure: 4.4
- Occasionally gets enough snow for skiing
- Is often closed due to a lack of snow
- Occasionally suffers from a lack of snow
- Rarely suffers from a lack of snow
- Sunshine Village is snowsure even in the poorest seasons
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February 26, 2026
Robert from
United Kingdom
Robert from
United Kingdom
I have just stayed in Banff with my family and skied at Sunshine so thought I would share some feedback. We normally ski twice a year in Europe (France/Italy/Austria) so have experienced numerous different resorts.
Positives - the natural snow cover and condition of the pistes was very good. The variety of runs was good, something for all abilities. Having most runs lead to the central village was convenient for easily meeting up. The food and drink was basic, but not expensive.
Negatives - Mostly by comparison to European resorts - The lift passes are very, very expensive. The lifts are mainly very old and slow with no footrests or covers. Fast modern covered and heated lifts are common in Europe, where it is usually much less cold.
The bus service from Banff is terrible, really terrible. In Europe the ski bus is one every 10 minutes in the morning 8am to 10 am and from 3pm - 5pm. Here it's one every hour or so. Consequently, large queues build up at the bus stop (in minus 28 when we were there) and the bus cannot take all the queue, so you wait for another bus, sometimes again. On arrival at the lift station, the car park is huge (not surprising people prefer to drive as there are not enough buses). How poor for the environment is that?
Then as all the buses arrive at a similar time the queue for the gondola is huge as well. This was a considerable waste of skiing time and a very poor experience.
Overall, we had a good time and really liked Banff, Sunshine and Lake Louise. A few improvements to the bus service and the lifts would make the whole experience much better.
November 30, 2024
TyTipton96
TyTipton96
July 08, 2023
Chuck
Chuck
Amazing ski resort. I won't say what my favorite runs are (not really marked runs) because I don't want others to ski on them. I like it best when the temperature is very low and the wind is strong. My only beef is most people put the chairlift bar down the second the chair touches their legs; and the bar bashes down on my helmet. I never use the bar.
May 01, 2023
alasdair russell
alasdair russell
February 23, 2023
Tony
Tony
Today I was skiing with my 7 year old son on Strawberry. A private coach (a male at 50-60yrs old) was teaching a lady to do S turn on a narrow area. They really should have found another wide area to practice this. My son just took two days off school (but he did much better job than that lady) and felt very nervous when passing them. I could feel his nervousness and tried to follow him closely, then the lady hit me and both of us fall down. While the coach pushed me on the ground for three minutes and yelled to me I should watch his client. I was really shocked and my son was scared too. You guys really need to do such practice in a wider area but not expect everybody to avoid you. I understand that his showing attitude was for more tips but it was a hurt to child who was watching everything. He didn’t want to ski any more after this and kept asking me why the coach yelled to us. Sunshine is a nice place and we really enjoyed the last few days here. My son’s coaches are also very professional and polite. But this gentlemen should understand not only your client needs your care, but every visitor should be treated equally.
April 07, 2021
Rob F
Rob F
Incredible skiing here with something for everyone. Iconic views, great slack country, consistent snow quality, in-bounds extreme zones. If you're a so-called local Bow Valley "expert" always telling everyone how proud you are of yourself, and have never done a super-lap (Delirium Dive to Wild West) then us city folks will have a good laugh:)
November 26, 2020
Robert
Robert
November 09, 2020
Sarah-Joy
Sarah-Joy
March 03, 2020
Karen
Karen
February 22, 2020
Songsparrow
Songsparrow
Best local snow most days. Amazing intermediate choices.
SSV overstates their annual snowfall.
Good lifts. Staff seem generally happy. Food service excluded here. These poor kids know they serve slop.
The garbage tree on the Angel chairlift is a disgrace in a national park. Dirty underwear and diapers hanging from a tree beside the lift. Where else would you see this except at Sunshine Village? Oh yeah, or Lake Louise.
Gotta be the worst food at any western Canadian ski resort.
Scurfield feels the crowds will come and eat no matter how poor the food. Can't argue there. Worse than Jasper? Hard to achieve this, but yes, worse than Marmot.
If you've experienced the food at Whistler-Blackcomb or Whitewater then you know the crap served at Alberta resorts is way substandard.
SSV's food is the worst, especially at Goats Eye.
Don't give us that "Well it's only a temporary building and the facilities don't..." We know you're slackin' big time Scurfield family!
The entitled attitude of this owner who gouges the public and runs a very average operation leaves some of us hoping for a change.
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