Super Average Review of Sun Peaks Resort
We have been going to Sun Peaks for Christmas holi...
We have been going to Sun Peaks for Christmas holidays (7 to 10 days) every Christmas for the past 12 years. I love it HOWEVER, I am getting very tired of their power problems. I have not kept track but I would guess that at least 5 years we've been there, the power has gone out in the whole entire village. One year we had our Christmas turkey in the oven and the power went out. People were trying to cook their turkeys in their outdoor propane bbq's. We've been locked into the underground parkades so we can't get our vehicles out during power outages. This year it was on New Year's Eve. The power was out from approx. 11am to 3am (16 hours) on New Years Day. They have back-up power for only 1 out of 6 chairlifts. They have backup power for just one or two main hotel lobby/restaurants, out of hundreds of condos and hotels. We are paying over $1,000 per night to sit in the dark, no restaurants, no heat, no nothing. They also had to cancel the New Years Big Air show, and everyone was just hanging around outside doing nothing since their condo's and hotel rooms were dark and they couldn't make food or anything. I know the resort would argue that they can't control an act of nature - since there was heavy snowfall and apparently many small towns in BC were out of power. But I call BS on that, considering it happens repeatedly, year after year, most often without a weather situation/storm. I really think the owners need to take responsibility and ensure this situation is not a regular thing. If that means dealing with BC hydro to update power lines or having back-up power for the whole entire resort, it is time they did something about it. I'm considering spending my $10,000 somewhere else next Christmas since Sun Peaks doesn't seem to take its tourism money seriously.
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