Sun Peaks snow report & forecast, lift queues, ski-in/out hotels

Ratings

❄️ Snow

6.0

⛰️ Terrain

5.5

🚠 Lifts

8.6

⏱️ Queues

7.3

💸 Value

6.3

🍻 Après

0.0

✈️ Access

8.7

Hover a bar to see what goes into it. Scores sit on a bell curve. 6.5 is a normal good resort and 8 or more is unusual. Method.

Key facts

Altitude	1255–2152 m
Vertical drop	897 m
Pistes advertised	4,270 acres
Pistes mapped on OSM	162.7 km
Lifts (mapped near village)	10 · 80% gondola/4+ chair
Day pass	CA$135
Passes	none
Avg snowfall (mid)	5.1 m / season
Nearest airport	YKA · 50 min

Snow & weather

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The last three winters at 1704 m

Avg snowfall / season

5.1 m

Powder days (15 cm+)

1

Snowy days

71

Avg temp at base

-3.7°

Average snowfall by month · best: Dec

Nov

101

Dec

116

Jan

82

Feb

84

Mar

71

Apr

53

By season: 2022/23: 5.3 m · 0 powder days2023/24: 5.1 m · 0 powder days2024/25: 4.8 m · 2 powder days

When to go

Month	Avg snowfall	Tuesday 11:00	Saturday 11:00
Dec	116 cm	~1.1 min	~2.1 min	SWEET SPOT
Jan	82 cm	~1.4 min	~4 min
Feb	84 cm	~1.6 min	~3.1 min
Mar	71 cm	~1.7 min	~3.3 min

Snowfall from three past winters, waits from the queue model (average across lifts, mid-month, holidays included where they fall).

Lift queues

Closed until Nov 21. Here's a normal February Saturday at 10:00:

SIMULATION Average wait ~3 min, worst 7 min.

Weekend: locals are out

Simulate:

🪑 Sunburst Express

Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,500 p/h · 2,288 m · bubble

7 minpredicted

🪑 Burfield

Chairlift · 4-seater · 470 p/h · 2,726 m

5 minpredicted

⤴️ Platter Poma Lift

Button lift · 282 m

4 minpredicted

🪑 Sundance Express Chairlift

Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,800 p/h · 1,957 m

4 minpredicted

🪑 Orient

Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,800 p/h · 1,032 m

3 minpredicted

🪑 Elevation

Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,400 p/h · 1,063 m

3 minpredicted

🪑 West Bowl Express

Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,400 p/h · 1,504 m

3 minpredicted

⤴️ Morrisey Platter Poma Lift

Button lift · 800 p/h · 841 m

2 minpredicted

🪑 Morrisey Express

Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,800 p/h · 1,767 m

2 minpredicted

🪑 Crystal Quad

Chairlift · 4-seater · 2,400 p/h · 934 m

2 minpredicted

Typical week (February, since the resort is closed now)

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10h

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15h

16h

Mon 15

Tue 16

Wed 17

Thu 18

Fri 19

Sat 20

Sun 21

Average predicted wait across lifts. ■ under 2 min ■ 4-7 min ■ 7-11 min ■ 11+ min. Hover a day to see why.

How we guess. The model starts from the resort's usual crowd level and adjusts for school holidays (French zones, UK half-term, Presidents' Day, Lunar New Year), weekends, time of day, lift capacity from OpenStreetMap, powder days and summit wind. When skiers on the hill tap a wait time, their reports replace the guess for 45 minutes and the lift shows LIVE.

Map

Pistes (OpenSnowMap) Lifts by queue Hotels Bars 3D· Drag to tilt. Tap the map to drop a 📍 and the hotels re-sort by distance to it, handy for ski school or a friend's chalet.

Where to sleep 22 places mapped · 12 ski-in/ski-out

9.5

Hearthstone Lodge

Hotel 🎿 ski-in/ski-out

Easy (blue / green)	39.1 km · 24%
Intermediate (red / blue)	70.7 km · 43%
Advanced (black)	42.9 km · 26%
Expert	10 km · 6%

5 Mile	5.0 km
7 Mile Road	3.6 km
Homesteader	3.5 km
Back in Time	3.4 km
Rambler	3.1 km
The Sticks	2.7 km
Orient Return	2.6 km
Munro Ridge	2.5 km

Sun Peaks

Ratings

Key facts

Snow & weather

The last three winters at 1704 m

When to go

Lift queues

Typical week (February, since the resort is closed now)

Map

Where to sleep 22 places mapped · 12 ski-in/ski-out

Pistes

Longest named runs

Après & food

Reviews

Getting there