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Have anyone been here? Looking for some info on the place. Looks really a good place to go and one of the few true in/out skiing places across the pond. Any info about the length of season etc would also be handy.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Cathy Coins, thanks for that, I did look, but must have missed it.
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SteveG
Not stayed there to ski but did stay a few years back on a driving holiday in late Sept
was a really nice place, the small Italian restaurant in the centre is very good.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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In terms of ski in/ski out you'll find that at all the main resorts around the Okanagan valley - that means not just Sun Peaks, but (working North to South) Silver Star, Big White and Apex too. If you are used to European style mega circuits you'll probably find that the size of the area is smaller than you're used to, and might not be enough for a 2 week trip, so a road trip combining several of the resorts in the area is a good option. None of them are more than about 2 hours drive from each other. I haven't actually been up to Sun Peaks since they opened up Mount Morrisey, but before that I'd have said that if you were looking for challenging skiing then there was less there than at Silver Star, or even Apex. Great for cruising groomed runs though, although I didn't feel that there was the same variety to the runs as at some of the other areas. The other thing, coming from Europe, was that the mock Bavarian/Austrian style of the village, perhaps irrationally, put me off a bit as I could have the real thing without travelling that distance for it. Big plus points to the region generally, not just Sun Peaks, is that the snow is drier and lighter than the coastal stuff they get at Whistler, and it's typically significantly less cold than in the Banff area resorts.
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Been there a few years ago, and a friend has been instructing there for the past two seasons.
When we were there, the skiing was a little on the gentle side, but it's expanded quite a bit recently with the opening of Mount Morrissy - although it is a bit of a drag to get there. The village is mock Austrian.
Two other true in/out skiing places not far away are Silver Star and Big White, where we've just come back from. Reports at http://www.snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=5047 You could easily combine the three (and possibly the much smaller Apex as well) for a great few weeks.
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