Where is Sun Peaks?
Sun Peaks is located in Canada in the South Central Interior of BC. The closest town is Kamloops (population 85,000) which is only 58km southwest of
Sun Peaks (a 45 minute drive). Sun Peaks is 409km northeast of Vancouver, a 4.5 hour drive. Sun Peaks sits in foothills on the western edge of the Shuswap Highlands.
Flights
The Kamloops Airport (YKA) is 60km from Sun Peaks. This regional airport has daily flights to and from Vancouver and Calgary.
Many visitors prefer to fly into Kelowna International Airport because Kamloops sometimes has closures due to weather issues, and Kelowna receives more flights from more destinations. Kelowna has direct service from Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Edmonton, Seattle and Los Angeles (United). Kelowna airport is 210km southeast of Sun Peaks (2.5 hour drive).
You can use a
flight search aggregator to look for flights to Kelowna or Kamloops.
Airport Shuttles to Sun Peaks
If Sun Peaks is the only destination on your ski vacation, it’s best to get a shuttle between the airport and Sun Peaks. You won’t need a car at Sun Peaks because the village is reasonably compact.
Airport shuttles from either Kamloops or Kelowna can be organised directly with Sun Star Shuttle. The airport shuttles from Kelowna cost a little more than those from Kamloops.
Driving to Sun Peaks
The drive up to Sun Peaks during winter is via Highway 5, and the road that heads east from there is 35km up to Sun Peaks. The road starts as Tod Mountain Rd which turns into Henley Louis Creek Rd and then Creekside Way. The drive is very easy because the road is very wide and not windy, it only has a little steepness towards the end, and the road is well maintained.
Parking is provided by the
Sun Peaks accommodations for overnight guests, which is largely underground. For day trippers there is parking outside the main base lodge, and there’s also day parking at the base of the Burfield chair lift, and on the road to the east of the village (serviced by shuttles that run about every half hour during the day).
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Getting Around Sun Peaks
The East Village continues to develop whilst most of the mainstream accommodation is located in the central village along with the majority of the restaurants, facilities and shops. Everything in the central village is compact and it’s easy to walk around Sun Peaks along the pedestrian-only snow covered street (there are also snow-free covered walkways alongside the buildings). Alternatively it’s easy to ski-down the street, skate up it, or other forms of locomotion include being pulled along in a sled (but probably only if you’re an infant!).
If you’re staying at the Burfield base, it’s about 2.2km to get to the central village. The outer-lying vacation rentals near Burfield are also not easy walking distance to and from the central village.
Thankfully there is a good shuttle system at Sun Peaks to get you between the main village, East Village and Burfield.
Other Ski Resorts Nearby
Harper Mountain is located about 18km out of Kamloops. Harper is just a little family fun ski area for the Kamloopies (those that live in Kamloops!).
Road distances to other BC ski resorts and ski areas:
Sun Star Shuttles provides inter-resort shuttles between Sun Peaks and these ski resorts