This christmas I was lucky enough to enjoy a damn fine family holiday to Sun Peaks in British Columbia. We visited last year, and were hooked. It gets good snow, the people are friendly, and there is more than enough to keep you excited for a long time. We had a cracking number of “powder days”, including an amazing first trax breakfast on Boxing Day. When me and my younger brother weren’t up to our knees in soft fluffy powder we were cruising perfect rolling piste with the parents, or floating merrily over the pristine and well maintained terrain parks. (Kind of like skate parks, but made of snow)
Truly excellent. For more info check out www.sunpeaksresort.co.uk
To get there, fly to Vancouver or Calgary, then get an internal flight to Kamloops and a short bus ride up to the hill.
On the way back, executive class was an unexpected delight, champagne before take off, 3 courses with a choice of wines, and a hearty breakfast made the fact that I had to sweat across London to meet up for the next stage of my adventures that bit more bearable… 
