Banff Sunshine Village ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Banff Sunshine Village is a ski area in Alberta, Canada. Its 155 mapped downhill runs add up to 77 km, which ranks it #9 of 403 ski areas in Canada and gives it 2.2% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 499 m long.

Slopes at Banff Sunshine Village

About 31% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 27% intermediate and 40% advanced or expert, which makes Banff Sunshine Village best suited to confident and advanced skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 14 lifts: 9 chairlifts, 3 gondolas, 2 magic carpets. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,661 m up to 2,686 m, a vertical drop of 1,025 m — the kind of long descents found in big Alpine-style resorts. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.

Getting to Banff Sunshine Village

The nearest airport is Calgary International Airport (YYC), about 123 km away in a straight line — roughly 2 h 40 min by car; Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC) is 164 km away. Nearby ski areas include Mt Norquay (24.9 km), Canmore Nordic Centre, Mt. Shark and Nakiska (27.2 km), which together add 132 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.