Key facts
| Resort | 1380 m |
|---|---|
| Slopes | 1630-2730 m |
| Lifts | 26 |
| Pistes | 7748 acres |
| Price index | 160 |
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The upside
- Spectacular high-mountain scenery – quite unlike the Colorado Rockies
- Lots of touristy shops, restaurants and bars
- Good-value lodging because winter is the area’s low season
- Excellent snow at main nearby area, Sunshine Village, but ...
The downside
- It’s a 20-minute bus ride then a long gondola ride away
- You’ll probably want to ski Lake Louise too, 45 minutes away
- Most lifts/runs are of limited vertical
- Can be very cold (–30°C or lower)
- Banff lacks ski resort atmosphere, though it’s not an unattractive town
Latest user reviews
Just a quick note on another option while staying in…
Alastair B 19 Feb 2009
Skied here for a couple of days 26th and 27th February…
Richard Venes 28 Mar 2008
02/07 There were two reasons why I decided to ski…
Chris Miller 27 Aug 2007
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Summary
Banff is nothing like your typical ski resort. Even the small local hill, Norquay, is a bus ride out of town, and the daily routine is to commute to Sunshine Village or Lake Louise (both of which get their own web pages). Not fun; but we enjoy its restaurants and bars, and spectacular scenery.
The alternative is to stay a few nights mid-mountain at Sunshine Village and a few at Lake Louise. Lake Louise also has the advantage of being much closer to Kicking Horse, which makes a great day trip for powderhounds.
Blogs, features and news
- French and Italian ski resorts open and are then shut down
- Morzine slashes skiing prices
- Early season skiing
- Ten best ski resorts in Canada
- Good resorts for pre-Christmas skiing
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Key facts
| Resort | 1380 m |
|---|---|
| Slopes | 1630-2730 m |
| Lifts | 26 |
| Pistes | 7748 acres |
| Price index | 160 |