Sun Peaks in Summer or Winter
Are you looking for a great summer or winter holiday at a better price than Whistler or Banff? A well-kept secret in British Columbia Okanagan Valley is worth a look. Sun Peaks Resort Village is re-created by developers offering hotel accommodations, golf, skiing, hiking, mountain biking, children's camps, shopping and recreational opportunities. As a family vacation, there are few places can match the Sun Peaks.
If you've never heard in the Okanagan ValleyBritish Columbia, you will be surprised to know how warm the weather in the summer and how much snow falls in winter. From the Rocky Mountains to the east and the Coast Mountains, surrounded in the west is protected from the Okanagan Valley is a weather. Summer temperatures can rise well over 100 degrees or 36C degrees. I've ridden on my bicycle through the Okanagan Valley in the summer, where over 42 degrees Celsius. This heat and the dry humidity is ideal for the cultivation of manyFruit crops, particularly grapes.
If wine tours and festivals that interest you, there are plenty to keep you happy and tasting.
The Okanagan Summer Wine Festival is held every second weekend in August at Silver Star Mountain Resort Sun Peaks Resort in Vernon, and keeps the ice wine festival every year in mid January.
The Okanagan is a popular destination for tourists from Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. It is a unique CanadianResort unlike anything else. At the southern end near the U.S. border are the same desert conditions, complete with huge sand dunes. Okanagan Lake is 50 miles long lake in the middle of the valley and here you will find tourists, the flow to the area for water sports and casual lifestyle. Schuswap Lake is a popular destination for cottagers and houseboats.
In the vicinity of the Okanagan
Sun Peaks Resort is only 20 minutes drive from Shushwap Lake, 100 miles northwestthe Okanagan Lake and 50 minutes drive from the city of Kamloops. It is nestled between Death Mountain and Mt. Morissey. The landscape is mountainous, but much more accessible to hikers and mountain bikers. This is not the Rocky Mountains with huge inaccessible cliffs dominate the country. The maximum height in the area is 7000 meters. Establish the lack of a height is more than the volume of snow for the visitors perfect powder for skiers and snowboarders compensated. The OlympicSki team has chosen Sun Peaks as a training ground for the Olympic Games in Vancouver.
For hotel accommodations in the area could be of several large hotels and choose from a number of huts in the neighboring regions. Since Sun Peaks Resort is relatively young, which are plentiful (7000 + beds) accommodations and some of the newer places have a 4 diamond rating. The hotel room rates can be very affordable, given the wide range of recreational opportunities in this resort area, itis really a bargain holiday of a lifetime for the whole family.
The village at Sun Peaks is designed for visitors with all the amenities you need during your vacation. Restaurants, boutiques, restaurants, health center, grocery stores are nearby.
Sun Peaks for skiers
It is British Columbia's second largest ski area, and for good reason. With 122 ski runs and an annual snowfall of more than 22 meters, it is a skiers and snowboarders dream. It has 3678 acresof slopes with artificial snow, the third largest in Canada and the longest run is 5 miles. It is not known as Sun Peaks for marketing reasons. Residents enjoy more than 2,000 hours of sunshine a year. That is an average of 6 hours per day.
In summer, mountain biking, the sport is popular here and the lifts have been upgraded to handle even more bicycles. The Sun Peaks Mountain Bike Park offers the use of the Sunburst Express chairlift, access to 37 cycling routes along a length of 70 km to obtain.
If youChildren, the Kids Adventure Camps offer an exciting mix of adventure summer, including canoeing, horse riding, tennis, mountain biking and hiking. The local sports center has a year-round outdoor heated pool, whirlpool, children's pool, two tennis courts.
If you check and compare the prices of other top-Sun Peaks Resort areas, you will discover how affordable it is.
