Sunshine Village Snow Central — Lodging in Calgary

Reviews of Sunshine Village Snow Central

• Jake

  Added 2016.05.24

  Great service from. The girl at the desk was so nice and helped me get my seasons pass.
• Patrick

  Added 2015.11.20

  Seasons passes have gone up another 5% so if you're looking at buying the pass and you see the price you think oh that's the same as last year. But actually it's the same price before tax as last year's price was all in. So it's a sneaky 5% increase every year in order to deceive people into thinking they're paying the same price. I've been buying season passes for many years but I will no longer be purchasing one here due to the price deception and general increased cost.
• Steven

  Added 2014.10.11

  Love sunshine, in every season.
• Kyle

  Added 2014.06.16

  Many people have a personal vendetta against this hill, for whatever reasons. If you look at this hill solely for what it is, a ski resort, it's not too bad. It's close to Calgary, gets good snow, and has a wide variety of terrain. However, it's not very steep for the most part and it is quite easy to ride pretty much any trail, if that's what you are into. The gondola ride is annoying, especially when it breaks down and you end up waiting in line, wishing you had gone to another hill... but when you really boil it down, it takes about the same amount of time to get to either hill when Sunshine isn't having Gondy issues... Tourists show up by the bus load and can make for a mid morning rush at the lifts, but if you get there early you can usually get some decent runs in before the snow gets tracked out. If you are having an issue with the flats, might I suggest building some confidence and gaining some speed? Honestly, there are only two spots where I have problems if it's a powder day, but when riding the groomers and using speed I can get up all the berms. The hill up the road has a much worse flat spot on the back side and there aren't any steeps to gain speed for it, so Sunshine wins on the flatness. I won't say it's my fav hill, but all in all you'll have a good time, just as you would at any other hill. How can you not? But I would suggest you bring your own lunch... overpriced and not very good.
• Lucas

  Added 2013.09.03

  I try to go there every other weekend in the snowboarding season (which is 6 months long), great snow, great terrain, never get bored riding these mountains. There might be a crowd at the bottom to get on the gondola (on weekends), but you wouldn't know once you're on the hill, the area is so vast. Usually eat at Trappers or the Chimney Corner, great food and atmosphere.