We drove up on Wednesday 12/20, picking Joseph up at the airport. He flew from Detroit after his last final that morning. We drove up as far as Hope, BC (about 3.5 hours), with stops for dinner and the border crossing on the way.
We finished the drive Thursday morning and checked in to our condo in Trappers Landing. It was a nice three-level, four-bedroom condo, with easy access to the slopes. The boys skiied every day from Thursday to Tuesday, with John taking one day off and MJ taking two days off. Lots of good food in the quaint alpine village, and board games at night.
We drove back Wednesday December 27, a long 7.5 hour trek through the snow which we did in one day, arriving home at 6pm. A great trip.
Lots of great photos and videos. Here are some of the top moments from the trip:
This was our third trip to Sun Peaks. It's a beautiful spot, with lots of pine trees covered in snow; you look out on long forests as you take the lift rides up
We had a nice view from our condo - other condos, snow covered trees, and some of the ski runs in the distance
We rented a larger SUV to make sure we had enough space for the long drive up. Here's a shot of our car outside our condo
At Sun Peaks you can sign up to do "First Tracks" - be the first ones up the lift and have the mountain to yourself for the first hour. The boys did it on Saturday...
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| Waiting for the first lift ride up of the day |
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| It was very cold all week |
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| Clear blue skies all around - Joseph is on the right |
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| Joseph skiing down 5-Mile |
We've all loaded the Trace app for our phones, which magically tracks how far you've skiied, maps what runs you've done, calculates your vertical distance, tracks the number of jumps you've done, and even tells you how many calories you've burned.
Over the course of the week, Jack skiied 151.9 miles, Joseph skiied 150.2 miles, John skiied 91.5 miles, Henry skiied 89.5 miles, and Mary Jo skiied 32.0 miles. Jack registered 925 jumps, and both Jack and Joseph had 12 hours of slope time.
Here's a screen shot of John's Trace summary from Friday - 19.9 miles skiied, 16.6K vertical.
Lots of skiing in beautiful spots - here's Joseph and Jack at the top of the Sunburst lift, above the cloud line.
One of Dad's favorite runs was Runaway Lane, which he did with Jack and Joseph a few times. It was a challenging blue run off to the side, with a beautiful view of the rest of the resort.
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| Panorama from the top of the run (click on the photo to see it larger) |
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| Joseph |
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| Jack |
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| Jack looking out over the view, planning his run down |
The run down - Jack is ahead (and fairly small on the screen at the start), then Joseph leaves and you can still see Jack in the distance.
Another favorite run from our past trips to Sun Peaks is "The Sticks". It's a beautiful trail with lots of tree "islands" along the run. Here's a video of Henry skiing the start of it, before skiing off into the fresher powder in the actual trees surrounding the run.
"Tely-Gram" became John and Mary Jo's favorite run. Right next to Sticks, which we've done for years, it a bit more challenging and has even more tree islands to "slalom" through. Here's a minute-long video of the start of the run:
Sun Peaks has a nice Alpine-style village, with lots of shops and restaurants. It's lit up beautifully at night and we spend several nights eating dinners there - including one night when we had the Canadian delicacy "poutine" (also known as French Fries with Onion Gravy & Cheese Curds on top) while watching the boys night-ski the terrain park outside.
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| Henry digging in to the Poutine |
Lots of fun times and great memories - everyone was exhausted from all the skiing but had a great time. Perhaps it was all best said in this review left on Trace by someone named "Henry R." ! (click on it to be able to expand the size)
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