Sun Peaks Opens Saturday, November 19 for the Winter 2011-12 Season

Sun Peaks, BC - On The Sun Peaks Sports School is opening up even more opportunities to give people access to snow with three new programs being offered at Sun Peaks Resort this winter.Guests with physical and cognitive disabilities will have even more opportunities to be active and enjoy Sun Peaks with new programs developed in a partnership between Sun Peaks Sports School and Adaptive Sports at Sun Peaks (ASSP). Programs include a Learn to Ski Adaptive Lesson, a Friends & Family Private Lesson and an Ability to Ski Adaptive Lesson. Skiers and boarders looking to step it up into the Freestyle world can enroll in a brand new program that will teach the foundation freestyle skills with an emphasis on good technical skiing in the following areas: free skiing/riding, the terrain park, and moguls.Sun Peaks is expanding their Cross-Country Skiing program this winter with new lessons available for guests. Whether you’re looking to get into the sport for the first time, or want to enhance your skills to a new level, there are three lesson options available: Intro to Nordic Skiing, Group Lessons, and Private Lessons. Sun Peaks Antiques Recall the Days of Tod Mountain They are self proclaimed antiques who are just as hard core as any of the young crowd hitting the slopes each morning…and they still chuckle about sitting on the Ridge Ski Run with glasses of wine for regular Ladies Cocktail parties over 40 years ago. The Sun Peaks Antiques are a group of approximately 100 seniors in the Thompson region of British Columbia whose passion is skiing. Many of them arrived at Tod Mountain in the early 60s with fond memories of the beginnings of what is now a world class resort. 79 year old Dierdre Zacharias remembers being eager to make first tracks. “We used to come up with our campers the night before, plug-in, and see if we could be the first ones on the Burfield Chair in the morning, right behind ski patrol.” Years later, with a little more grey hair but no less zest for life, Zacharias and the rest of the Antiques meet three days a week to get fresh tracks at Sun Peaks Resort. Keep an eye out for the official SPA patch on most of their jackets and stop by to chat with one of the true locals of Sun Peaks Resort as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Tod Mountain.