Past Canadian Olympians, including Senator Nancy Greene-Raine, visited the slopes as athletes from the Kamloops 2018 B.C. Winter Games competed on Feb. 24.

鈥淚t was so wonderful to see the action up here, it was just beautiful today,鈥� said Nancy Greene Raine, who won gold in giant slalom and silver in slalom at the 1968 at the Olympics, in a media release.

Greene-Raine, who resides in Sun Peaks, raved about the mountain hosting events for the B.C. Winter Games.

鈥淚t鈥檚 been great and we鈥檙e very appreciative of the legacy because we didn鈥檛 have a start gate for the snowboard cross and the ski cross and now we do so that鈥檚 going to be well used,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 nice to have a legacy like that and we had so many volunteers from our community and from the greater Kamloops area helping out. It was wonderful.鈥�

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Elli Terwiel, who represented Canada in slalom at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, lit the cauldron to signal the start of the B.C. Winter Games and was also at Sun Peaks to visit with athletes and hand out medals.

鈥淚 am hoping that kids got inspired and it was so much fun to see Elli Terwiel talking to them at the Opening Ceremony and to see their faces and then see them today. And you know that鈥檚 a starting point for many of these athletes and for them to know that they can go all the way to the Olympics is just great,鈥� said Greene-Raine. 鈥淚 think that鈥檚 one of the big legacies.鈥�

Greene-Raine also recognized the work of all the Winter Games volunteers.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a credit to the Tournament Capital of Canada to pull off a big event like this with so much professionalism. It鈥檚 just been so slick and so well done so congratulations to everybody.鈥�