Seven ski and snowboard counters in Sun Peaks, from the resort counter at the Village Day Lodge to a fitter who drives the gear to your condo, plus the Nordic shop out by the Orient chair. After that, the single road up from Kamloops, three mountains sorted by ability, and the bike park that takes over in June.
Which Sun Peaks rental counter should you use?
Pick by gear and opening hours, because six of the seven ski and board counters are a short walk apart on Creekside Way and the seventh, Black Tie, comes to you. The resort's Sun Peaks Rentals at the Village Day Lodge charges $77 CAD a day for a standard adult package in 2026-27, takes 10% off orders placed by midnight two days out, and knocks another 15% off rentals of three days or more. McSporties stays open until 8 p.m., Jardines and Elevation credit demo days toward skis you buy, and Black Tie fits you in your condo.
What happens in Sun Peaks once the snow is gone?
Ride the bike park, with 89 km of lift-access trail off the Sunburst and Sundance Express (June 13 to September 27 in 2026). Off the bike, paddle McGillivray Lake, ride a horse up Mt. Morrisey, or play British Columbia's highest golf course. The alpine flowers peak from mid-July to mid-August.
Eight counters, one village
Two resort shops share one price list and one online store, four independents work out of the village lodges, the resort runs a Nordic counter by Parking Lot 5, and Black Tie delivers here from the 2026-27 season. Freefall is the only one you can't book online.
| Shop | Skis, adult day rate | Board, adult day rate | Rents | Book |
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Sun Peaks Rentals
Village Day Lodge, at the Sunburst and Sundance Express
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$77 to $95 | $77 | Standard and high-performance skis, standard boards, helmets, snow suits and outerwear, repairs, lift ticket pickup | Book online → |
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Elevation Bike, Ski & Board
Sun Peaks Grand Hotel, plus the Southside snowboard shop
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$77 to $95 | $77 | Standard, high-performance and demo skis and boards from Head, Salomon, Black Crows, Burton and Jones, fat bikes, Wintersteiger tuning | Book online → |
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East Village Centre
Beside Parking Lot 5, at the base of the Orient chair
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$45 Nordic set | No snowboards | Classic and skate packages, Nordic tickets, trail maps, fat-bike day passes | Book online → |
| Shop | Skis, adult day rate | Board, adult day rate | Rents | Book |
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Jardines
Hearthstone Lodge, 3170 Creekside Way, opposite the Grand
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In its rentals PDF | In its rentals PDF | Recreational, high-performance and demo skis and boards, Nordic, outerwear, boot fitting | Request online → |
McSporties
Sun Peaks Lodge, 3180 Creekside Way
Open until 8 p.m. all winter
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Price shown when you book | Standard, performance and demo skis, boards, Nordic, pin-binding backcountry skis, splitboards, snowshoes, sleds | Book online → | |
District Sun Peaks
Sun Peaks Lodge, across from the Village Stage
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Snowboards only | $70 with bindings | Nitro and Weston snowboards, e-fat bikes, helmets | Book online → |
Freefall
3190 Creekside Way, at the top of the village
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Ask in store | Skis and snowboards, demos, boot fitting, tuning | 250.578.0018 | |
| Shop | Skis, adult day rate | Board, adult day rate | Rents | Book |
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Black Tie Ski Rentals Sun Peaks
Delivers across Sun Peaks from 1240 Alpine Road, Peaks West
Delivers 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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Price shown when you book | Rossignol, Kastle and Faction skis, Nitro boards, Dalbello boots, fitted where you sleep | Book online → | |
Canadian dollars before tax, from the 2026-27 rates the shops had posted three weeks before the November 21 opening. Rows without a number belong to shops that give the price at checkout, on the phone or in their own rate sheet.
Trail building started in 1999 and the park turned 25 in 2024. In 2026 the lifts ran 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. through September 7, and it was still the third-best summer on record despite the August wildfire emergency in the Okanagan.
Park bikes need front suspension and disc brakes on both wheels.
89 km on Tod and Sundance with 595 m of lift-served vertical, a Progression Park on a carpet and the Flow Zone dirt jumps. Insanity One, Gnar-Boom and Smitty's Steeps are the named tech lines; Wednesday twilight tickets are $35 from 4 to 7 p.m.
Their website →Rocky Mountain Slayer downhill bikes at $150 a day booked ahead or $188 walk-in, Commencal kids' bikes, enduro and e-enduro (16 and up). Bikes are due back by 7 p.m. until September 7.
Bike rates →Norco, Knolly and Evolve downhill, enduro and e-bikes, first come, first served.
Bike rates →Devinci Chainsaw, Transition TR11 and BottleRocket downhill bikes, Transition Trans Am hardtails and servicing. Call to book a time.
Their website →SPRTA trails on Mt. Morrisey from early or mid June to late October, valley routes to McGillivray Lake, and the Sun Peaks Epic across all three peaks.
Trail info →Canoes, kayaks and paddleboards on a lake 6 km out by marked dirt service road. Check in at the Village Day Lodge first; you need some paddling experience, and afternoons from 1:30 p.m. are $50.
Their website →Village Views and Valley Trails ($225, two hours) or the four-hour Mt. Morrissey Summit Ride ($415), for riders 10 and up.
Their website →Jeepers Creepers runs 2.5 hours for $175, and the Sun Peaks Express is a 30-minute loop for $40.
Their website →From the one-hour Vista walk to the four-hour Alpine hike at $106.20 with the lift included, on some of the resort's 22 trails.
Their website →The province's highest-elevation course, with greens at 1,200 m, and a disc golf course up at 1,844 m.
Their website →Lodge by lodge
Black Tie aside, every counter is on the village stroll or at the Orient chair, so you pick by the gear you want, how late you need the shop open and how far ahead you book.
Rental counters along Creekside Way
Street numbers climb from the lifts to the top of the village. The Nordic counter and Black Tie's base sit off this strip.
Sun Peaks has one way in. From Kamloops you head north on Highway 5 to Heffley Creek, then climb Tod Mountain Road. It's 56 km (35 mi), about 45 minutes.
Kamloops to the village
Distances are what's left to Sun Peaks village.
From Vancouver it's 4.5 to 5 hours via Highway 1 and the Coquihalla from Hope, and Calgary is about 8 hours on Highway 1. Kamloops airport is the closest, 45 minutes away.
Daily in winter from the Village Day Lodge, 8 a.m. to 4:10 p.m. and again 5:40 to 9:40 p.m. on last season's timetable. The west loop runs Fairways, Mountain View and Burfield Drive; the east loop goes up to Lookout Ridge Drive.
Allow 5.5 to 6 hours through the Sumas crossing, and the resort suggests 6.5 to 7.5 once you add the border and winter weather.
YLW is 2 hours 45 minutes away. Cheers Okanagan Tours runs a shuttle from there, booked ahead.
Ebus and Rider Express reach Kamloops from Vancouver, Kelowna, Calgary and Edmonton, and VIA Rail's Vancouver train stops at Kamloops North. Pre-book a shuttle or take a taxi for the last 45 minutes.
Free. P3 serves the Village Day Lodge, the Sports School and the Sundance Kids Centre; P5 serves the Morrisey and Orient chairs and the Nordic trails; P1 sits at the Burfield chair. Street parking is banned across the whole municipality from November 1 to April 30. Parking map →
Only in P5, booked ahead, for up to 14 nights.
The resort sends drivers to DriveBC before setting off, and the province's winter tire signs apply from October 1. DriveBC →
4,400 acres on three mountains, which Sun Peaks bills as Canada's second largest ski area, with 13 lifts and 144 runs over 896 m (2,940 ft) of vertical. The top lift reaches 2,080 m at Top of the World, and Mt. Tod's own summit sits just outside the boundary.
Start in the beginner-only area by the village, then try Gentle Giant and Homesteader. 5 Mile is the long green from Top of the World back to the lodges. Sun Hosts lead free mountain tours at 9:45 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. for anyone happy on greens.
Blue runs are 58% of the terrain and spread over all three mountains. The West Bowl Express, a $12 million lift opened in 2024, added Whyte's Ride, named for co-founder Donald Whyte. It runs a shorter day, 10 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
The Headwalls (in full view of the Sunburst Bar + Eatery), two alpine bowls and 16 gladed areas. Gil's was out of bounds until 2014, and opening it is what lifted Sun Peaks to second largest in the country.
Named for Harry Burfield, it's the longest fixed-grip chair in North America, and one photographer's caption for its mid-station calls it "the 22 minute ride to the top." The Crystal chair now ends at Top of the World too, so you can skip the Burfield's upper half.
Ten acres top to bottom off the Sundance Express, with more than 45 features across Base Camp, Basic Training, Flight School and Drop Zone, where jumps run 15 to 60 ft. The Powder Ventures Cross Course, a dirt-built ski cross track from 2024, sits beside Drop Zone.
No night skiing on the main lifts. The Village Platter and the carpets turn until 7 p.m., and the Alpine Fondue & Ski evening finishes with a guided headlamp run down 5 Mile.
Nearly six runs in ten are blue, on three different mountains.
Lodges at the lifts, four Kids Adventure Zones and the free Sun Host tours.
35 km groomed from the village, and a chairlift to the top of Holy Cow.
A beginner-only area and the 5 Mile green, though just 10% of runs are green.
Headwalls, West Bowl and Gil's, on a hill that tops out at 896 m of vertical.
Our scores out of 5, by the kind of skier in your group.
The Sports School runs from the Village Day Lodge. Away from the lifts, winter here means cross-country trails you can ski with your dog, sled dogs, snowshoe nights and an avalanche course every weekend from December 19.
Ski, snowboard and Nordic lessons, with tots programs from 3 to 6 on skis and 3 to 8 on a board.
Their website →The 1968 Olympic giant slalom champion hosts a free welcome in the Sun Peaks Grand's library corner, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. each Sunday from December 20 to March 21. Groups of up to seven could ski a half day with her for $1,000 last season, all of it going to the Sun Peaks Education Society.
Their website →35 km groomed and track-set plus 19 km of backcountry trail. A Nordic ticket buys two rides up the Morrisey Express to the top of Holy Cow, and a dog-friendly route leads to the McGillivray Lake Outpost warming hut, open 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Their website →Dog sled runs from $350 a sled (ages 4 and up) and two-hour snowmobile tours on Ski-Doos from $315, with a $25 insurance fee per sled. Pickup is at the Village Day Lodge, beside Masa's.
Their website →Every guided snowshoe outing in the resort. Moonlight Snowshoe & S'mores is $70 on Monday, Friday and Saturday evenings; the Thursday Snowshoe Fondue ($105, eight people at most) ends at the Fondue Stube.
Their website →Bodie Shandro, a former Mike Wiegele heli guide, teaches AST 1 every weekend from December 19, plus tree well safety and an introduction to touring at $299 each.
Their website →Sleigh rides behind Percheron draft horses, many of them rescues, from the barn next to the Burfield chair on Industrial Way.
Their website →Ride along in a snowcat at 6 or 7 p.m. while it grooms, one guest per cat, $125, ages 16 and up.
Their website →Guided ice fishing in a heated hut, with pickup at your door, for up to five guests from age 3.
Their website →Nearly everything is inside the village lodges, so dinner is a walk along Creekside Way. For cinnamon buns, go to the Sunburst at the top of its lift or The Annex at the bottom.
Mid-mountain at the top of the Sunburst Express, facing the Headwalls. Known for its cinnamon buns, and home of the Alpine Fondue & Ski nights.
At the base of the Morrisey and Orient chairs, with 360-degree windows, a roof that opens and fire pits, next to the free toboggan hill.
In the Village Day Lodge with 20 beers on tap, the most in Sun Peaks, and a pool table.
At the bottom of the Sunburst Express by P2, with gooey cinnamon buns and cubbies for your gear.
The self-styled locals' living room in the Sundance Lodge, open until 1 a.m.
Sixteen taps since 2011 and a patio that takes dogs, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Cheese, meat and chocolate fondue in the Sun Peaks Lodge, where the Thursday snowshoe tour finishes.
German and Canadian cooking in the Fireside Lodge. Call after 3 p.m. for a table.
Sushi and sake in the Hearthstone Lodge, 4 to 9 p.m. daily.
Family-style pasta at 3170 Creekside Way; reservations hold a card.
A diner with a full bar at Peaks West, west of the village, open 5 p.m. to midnight.
Billed as the locals' favorite for coffee, in the Sundance Lodge.
Organic Cherry Hill coffee with vegan and gluten-free food, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Crêpes and a Twisted Goat blend called "tighten your boots," in the Hearthstone Lodge.
Delivers anywhere in the resort. That Churro Place parks its truck by the Sunburst Lodge and the toboggan hill.
Plenty of kitchens shut between the bike park and opening day. The Steakhouse at Sun Peaks Lodge reopens on December 4, 2026.
Tickets, dogs and timing
Lift tickets cost less online than at the window, and the West Bowl Express shuts earlier than the rest of the hill.
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Answers checked October 2026. Prices and rules change each season, so confirm with the operator before you go.
Contact UsAt the two resort shops, a standard adult ski or snowboard package is $77 CAD a day for 2026-27 and high performance is $95, before tax, with kids 6 to 12 at $57. District rents a snowboard and bindings for $70. Jardines puts its rates in a rental PDF on its site, McSporties and Black Tie show theirs at checkout, and for Freefall you'll need to call.
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