Sunshine Village.

Is the second mountain I'm going to introduce to you guys on this blog. Sunshine Village is a beautiful ski resort that's about 20-minute bus drive away from the town of Banff. It's smaller than Lake Louise, but it's also higher above the sea level, and perhaps that's why there's better snow in Sunshine Village at the moment. I suppose the main attraction of the mountain for me is the fact that you can pretty much make your own way down any run, through the trees and on soft, powder snow.

Here are some photos of Sunshine when we went skiing a few days ago.

The boys, Preparing for their 20-minute gondola ride to the main village. Too many skiiers in the group, I think.

The line-up for the gondola. It was a busy day.

Inside the said gondola. It was a pretty cold morning and Heathy was clever enough to put on his balaclava.

Gondola door.

Picture of the gondola station (?).

The Day lodge where we usually get our healthy lunch consisting of burger and fries.

Everyone's keen to get their day of riding started.

Check out the adorable ski-baby in the centre.

Top of Angel Express chair lift. It was pretty foggy in the morning, but it cleared up in the afternoon.

View from the top.

Michael and Cam enjoying their day. They've been improving at a rapid rate.

More shots from the chairlift.

View from the top 2.

A group of boarders readying for their ride down the mountain.

Josh making a rare appearance on the blog, he has been quite elusive lately.

I'm loving everything about this mountain; fresh snow, smooth runs, and how you can ski-out all the way down to where you catch the bus. I'm looking forward to going back there soon.

Jin