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Reviews for Banff Sunshine
Total (3.8)
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Sunshine is a place, a gondola takes you from the parking to the base of other lifts. The many terrain pods offer everything from a crazy steep bowl to mellow open terrain and a few glades. However, getting from one pod to another can be difficult having to sacrifice a run to get to goat eye. When I went it was very foggy and visibility was a challenge in the upper elevation so I skied the smaller pods. The most vertical you will get in a run without going back down to the parking is 600m which is plenty but most lifts only have 200ish m vertical leading to short runs. I'd love to give it another try on a clear day, the upper mountain seems awesome!!
Jim Strange
Customer service is good, starting with a well staffed parking crew to optimize and organize the lot. Unparalleled views from the top (sorry Lake Louise). No wasted time traversing around the mountain to change lifts. All main lifts are high speed, including the Teepee Town enclosed/heated one.
Excellent facilities for the bring your own lunch crowd at the main base and Goats Eye base.
Karen Klassen
Enjoy Sunshine for a day trip. The lift ticket prices are getting ridiculous.
Irene
One of the most underrated places. I have never been disappointed with variety of runs, snow coverage. Overall experience - one of the best.
Jason Neufeld
I have been skiing Sunshine for years and every year it gets more and more crowded. Two days ago I was hit from behind by a skier going way too fast. There was blood but no major injuries. I was with my wife and child and very glad it was not them who were hit. Parent beware, this ski hill is very busy and I have seen other collisions there resulting in injury.
Tony
Today I was skiing with my 7 years old son on Strawberry. A private coach (a male at 50-60yrs old) was teaching a lady to do S turn on a narrow area. They really should have found another wide area to practice this. My son just took two days of school (but he did much better job than that lady) and felt very nervous when passing them. I could feel his nervousness and tried to follow him closely, then the lady hit me and both of us fall down. While the coach pushed me on the ground for three minutes and yelled to me I should watch his client. I was really shocked and my son was scared too. You guys really need to do such practice in a wider area but not expect everybody to avoid you. I understand that his showing attitude was for more tips but it was a hurt to child who was watching everything. He didn’t want to ski any more after this and kept asking me why the coach yelled to us. Sunshine is a nice place and we really enjoyed the last few days here. My son’s coaches are also very professional and polite. But this gentlemen should understand not only your client needs your care, but every visitor should be treated equally.
anonymous
Love it
anonymous
Love it
Matthew Page-Hanify
As a family we've skied here many times, and we love it. The snow is always great and there are lots of different runs and terrains to ski. We are intermediate blue and black run skiers and there are enough runs that we don't have to ski the same run twice if we don't want to. The only downside to Sunshine is when the sun doesn't shine. When the fog rolls in and it's windy there's no coverage at the top as there are no trees and it's very hard to see.
tammylbagwell
This was mine and my husbands honeymoon trip and the first time to Canada/Banff. We could not have been more pleased with the service from our hotel to the coach drivers who transport you to the mountains to the staff at the resorts, it was wonderful. We will make this an annual tradition.
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