'''The Sun Peaks ski resort''' currently consists of 3 mountains of ski runs; '''Tod Mountain''' (the original ski run), '''Sundance''' and '''Mount Morrisey'''. Sun Peaks resort was founded by '''Harry Burfield''', and The Burfield Lodge and first chair-lift at Sun Peaks opened to the public in 1961. At the time, it was simply known as Tod Mountain. The lodge was damaged by fire in 1968 and remained closed to the public while it was being rebuilt. It opened again in December of 1970. Mr. Burfield died in a plane crash in 1971 while touring the mountain on which he founded the resort. The Shuswap Double Chair Lift was constructed in 1972, and the Crystal Triple Chair Lift was installed in 1979. A year later, in 1980, the Shuswap Day Lodge was built. In 1988, a 49 lot subdivision across from the Burfield Lodge began construction. That same year, a fire caused major damage to the top station of the Crystal Chair. In 1990, the paving of the road from Whitecroft Village to Tod Mountain was finished, and in 1992, Nippon Cable Company Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan (''now known as '''Hi-Lex Corporation'''''
http://www.hi-lex.com/) purchased Tod Mountain. There’s much more in the recent history of Sun Peaks, and you can read about it here:
http://www.sunpeaksresort.com/multimedia/mediacentre/history.aspx.Sun Peaks Resort was the first ski resort in North America and is the only resort in Canada to receive the ISO 14001 designation recognizing the resorts environmental policies and practices. http://wikitravel.org/en/Sun Peaks