Sun Peaks Mountain Resort, British Columbia · Canada · ski area
Sun Peaks Resort ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Sun Peaks Resort is a ski area in Sun Peaks Mountain Resort, British Columbia, Canada with 156 km of mapped downhill runs and 13 lifts, between 1,200 m and 2,087 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 156 km
- Lifts
- 13
- Top elevation
- 2,087 m
- Vertical drop
- 887 m
- Cross-country
- 42 km
- Nearest airport
- YKA · 44 km
Slopes by difficulty
260 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 8 Chairlifts
- 3 Magic carpets
- 2 Button lifts
Sun Peaks Resort is a ski area in Sun Peaks Mountain Resort, British Columbia, Canada. Its 260 mapped downhill runs add up to 156 km, which ranks it #2 of 403 ski areas in Canada and gives it 4.4% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 599 m long.
Slopes at Sun Peaks Resort
About 25% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 45% intermediate and 30% advanced or expert, which makes Sun Peaks Resort best suited to confident and advanced skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 13 lifts: 8 chairlifts, 3 magic carpets, 2 button lifts. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,200 m up to 2,087 m, a vertical drop of 887 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring. Cross-country skiers get 42.3 km of nordic trails.
Getting to Sun Peaks Resort
The nearest airport is Kamloops John Moose Fulton Field Regional Airport (YKA), about 44 km away in a straight line — roughly 57 minutes by car; Kelowna International Airport (YLW) is 110 km away. Nearby ski areas include Drop Zone Terrain Park, Harper Mountain (12.7 km), Larch Hills Nordic Ski Trails and Stake Lake Trails, which together add 13 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Sun Peaks Resort
- 1 YKA44 kmstraight line
- 2 YLW110 kmstraight line
- 3 YYF160 kmstraight line
- 4 YWL208 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Sun Peaks Resort
- 1 kmDrop Zone Terrain ParkSmall ski area
- 25 kmHarper Mountain13 km of slopes · 4 lifts · up to 1,482 m
- 55 kmLarch Hills Nordic Ski Trailsup to 1,273 m
- 59 kmStake Lake Trailsup to 1,428 m
- 76 kmLogan Lake Trailsup to 1,295 m
- 81 kmSovereign Lake Nordic Clubup to 1,861 m
- 83 kmSilver Star Mountain Resort111 km of slopes · 11 lifts · up to 1,885 m
- 84 kmClearwater Ski Hill9.6 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 720 m
- 87 kmClearwater Demonstration Forest Recreation Siteup to 1,040 m
- 113 kmKane Valley Cross Country Ski Trailsup to 1,337 m
- 114 kmTelemark Cross-Country Ski Trails Recreation Siteup to 1,378 m
- 116 kmBig Bar Cross Country Ski TrailsSmall ski area
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.