File photo (Image credit: Sun Peaks Resort).

By Aaron Schulze

Ski and Snowboard

Permanent ski and snowboard cross course at Sun Peaks expected to be ready for the winter

Jul 17, 2024 | 2:55 PM

SUN PEAKS, B.C. — A new, permanent ski and snowboard cross course on Sundance Mountain at Sun Peaks Resort will be ready for the winter.

In a news release issued Wednesday (July 17) morning, Sun Peaks Resort says construction on the course started on Monday and is expected to be complete in two to three weeks.

The resort says the $100,000 Powder Ventures Ski and Snowboard Cross Course will be one of few cross courses in Canada built of dirt.

“A permanent course will significantly reduce our reliance on early season snow, snowmaking resources, and snow cat operating time, and allow us to open the course earlier in the season,” Aaron Macdonald, Sun Peaks Resort chief marketing and communications officer, says. “Finding a local company to partner with was the best case scenario and we’re proud to be working with Jason White and his team at Powder Ventures Excavations on this exciting project for the resort.”

The ski and snowboard cross course will provide local alpine and freestyle athletes with a reliable and high calibre training facility for their development in the ski and boarder cross discipline. Additionally, the resort says Sun Peaks can begin bidding to host high level competitions, such as national, NorAm and World Cup events.

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The resort says a grand opening will take place in the winter when the course is ready for the public.