Advantages: Real Snow, variety of runs and beautiful views Disadvantages: Can get VERY cold! BELOW -30!!
Sunshine Village is located in the heart of the Canadian Rockies and only minutes from Banff, Canada. It touts itself as being "The Premier Ski and Snowboard Resort" and I think they are right.
WHERE IS SUNSHINE VILLAGE?
Sunshine Village is located just 15 minutes from Banff in the Canadian Rockies. The nearest airport is Calgary International, served by direct flights from around the world. We took a direct flight from Manchester to Calgary. Banff ... ...four lane highway. If it is day light when you arrive, you get to see some spectacular views!
WHAT ARE THE MOUNTAIN STATS?
There is 3,358 acres of Skiable Terrain!. The top Elevation is 8,954 feet / 2730m with a base Elevation of 5,440 feet / 1660m! Total Vertical is 3,514 feet / 1070m. The average annual snowfall is up to 33 feet / 9m. While we were there it was about half that and only on one occasion did I see a small bare spot on a piste. Also, ...
ukusa 23.01.2005
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Advantages: Good Value, Lots of Varied Terrain, Great Snow Disadvantages: Daylodge could be better
I had the fortune to live in Calgary for two years, and for both ski seasons bought seasons passes for Sunshine Village. So what made me go back?
Firstly, the resort offers superb value for money, both for day skiers and season pass holders.
There is a huge amount of terrain with a total of 91 runs and 12 lifts. The terrain is widely varied with something to suit everyone, nice gentle blues and a gentle skiout through the trees through to Delirium ... ...must have an avalanche transceiver, shovel, and partner, there is a gate at the top which will only open when you put your transceiver by it).
Sunshine is 100% natural snow, and there´s normally a lot of it, can we say "powder"!! Although 2000 got off to a slow start.
There are 5 high speed quad chairs so there is hardly any queuing or lineups as Canadians might say!
And for the snowboarders, this year all the hire boards feature stepin bindings.
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stevenkan 11.01.2001
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