I managed to get in another day’s skiing last Saturday, this time using the Sunshine Coach to speed me all the way from downtown Calgary to the Sunshine Village ski resort. Spread across three different mountains and served by numerous ski lifts, Sunshine is also one of the more unique ski resorts to host its very own hotel mid way up on the mountain. I found the trip on the Sunshine Coach extremely smooth and worth the effort of needing to leave downtown at 7am on a Saturday morning. We arrived just after 9am and I was up on the slopes well before 10am even after lining up to get my rental gear. Unlike the previous weekend’s skiing, the gear probably wasn’t as nice or as comfortable (to the extent ski boots ever are) since I didn’t have a buddy working on these slopes. By the end of the day, my weary shins groaned loudly with the effort of the day’s skiing. Fortunately Sunshine gets plenty of snow and Saturday was no different with the light powder making it more comfortable to ski on.

Compared to Lake Louise, Sunshine seemed a bit more beginner friendly. They seemed to have more green and blue runs and just in general they were wide and curvy instead of the narrow and sharp ones I remember at Lake Louise. Of course, they had their fair share of moguls as well. Despite having loads of cars in the car park, I can’t say that the lift lines ever became very long and even the slopes didn’t seem to have that many people.

All in all, it was another great day of skiing and nice to see yet a different mountain. I’d highly recommend the Sunshine Coach for those without a car, offering a great package deal involving both the bus and lift ticket combined.