Canada Travel – Big White Ski Resort
Big White, situated in the interior of British Columbia, is a resort famous for its average 7.5 metre snow fall per year. Big White specialises in dry champagne powder snow, which the locals call “Hero’s Snow”, because it quickly coats you to make you look the part of the expert skier. Snowboarding is also popular here, with a huge half-pipe, and many challenging runs for those with a sense of daring.
Big White also offers ski-in, ski-out accommodation, so you can ski back for lunch or to sneak in a nap after all the non stop activity. Imagine being able to do that in Queenstown or even Mt Ruapehu.
As with most Canadian resorts, Big White caters for dedicated expert skiers, down to enthusiastic beginners with plenty of ski instruction, bars, restaurants, alternative outdoor and indoor activities to entertain all visitors. Big White is also ideal for families as it sports a Kid’s Centre which has been voted “Best Place to be Abandoned by your Parents” by Ski Canada magazine.
Canada Travel – Sun Peaks Ski Resort
Sun Peaks, deep in the heart of central British Columbia, has more than 3500 acres of ski terrain, on three mountains –Tod, Sundance and Mt Morrisey. There is plenty of sunshine and an abundance of dry snow on long runs that originate in high open alpine areas and cruise down into valleys of snow covered trees. You’ll want to take a moment between runs to soak in scenery that’s been lifted straight off a postcard.
Rounding off the picture perfect scene is an award winning ski-in, ski-out village. Many families return year after year to Sun Peaks as it is an ideal family resort, which includes a Sun Kids Snow Sports School, complete with a terrain garden, a kids only snowmobile park, and a new Tube park.
And when you want a change from skiing at Sun Peak, you can always try Cat skiing. It’s a bit like heliskiing, only without the helicopter, and uses a heated snowcat to lift you up between runs.
Sun Peaks is 410 km from Vancouver. There is an airport shuttle from Vancouver, and air service to nearby Kamloops with a shuttle to the resort. The season is from November 22 to April 12.
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