Banff Mountain Facts
Banff Mountain Stats
| Average Snowfall |
614 cm/360 inches/30 feet |
| Total Terrain |
7,700 hectares/8,171 acres |
| Trails |
248 named runs |
| Longitude/Latitude |
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| Mountain Restaurants |
15 |
| Highest Lift Accessed Elevation |
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| Lake Louise Elevation |
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| Creekside Base Elevation |
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| Number of Lifts |
27 |
| Hourly Lift Capacity |
50,920 |
Individual Mountain Stats
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Sunshine Mountain
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Norquay Mountain
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Lake Louise Mountain
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| Vertical |
1070 meters 3,514 ft |
503 meters 1650 feet |
991 meters 3250 feet |
| Top Elevation |
2730 meters 8954 feet |
2133 meters 7000 feet |
2637 meters 8650 feet |
| Skiable Terrain |
3358 acres |
190 acres hectares |
4200 acres 1382 hectares |
| Terrain |
22% / 31% / 47% |
20% / 36% / 44% |
25% / 45% / 30% |
| Trails |
107 |
28 |
113 |
| Total Number of Lifts |
12 including: 1 High speed 8 Passenger Gondola, 5 High speed Quad Chairlifts, 2 Quad Chairlifts, 1 Triple Chairlift, 1 Double Chairlift, 2 Surface Lifts |
5 including: 1 high speed quad, 2 fixed grip quad, 1 double, 1 surface |
10 including:1 6-passenger, 3 express quads, 1 quad chair, 1 summit platter, 1 triple chair, 1 T-bar, 2 double chairs |
| Total Hourly Lift Capacity |
20,000 |
7000 |
23,920 |
| Longest Run |
8 km / 5 mi |
1.167 km 3828 feet |
8 km / 5 mi |
| On Mountain Restaurants |
The Deli, Alpine Grill, Lookout Pasta, Starbucks, Chimney Corner lodge, Eagles Nest, Mad Trappers Saloon, Goats Eye Garden and Creekside Bar and grill. |
The Deli, the Cafeteria, Lone Pine Pub, Kika's café |
Powder Keg Restaurant and Sitzmark café. |
| Snowmaking |
N/A |
N/A |
1700 acres |
| Park & Pipe Facilities |
1 half pipe, 1 terrain park |
1 Halfpipe, 1 terrain park, Rails |
1 Snowboard Superpipe, 1 Snowboard half-pipe, 1 large terrain park |
| Night skiing/riding |
N/A |
4 pm-9 pm nightly |
N/A |
| Awards |
Vast high alpine resort on the Continental Divide. 3 mountains; 9 m (30 ft) of natural snow annually. Open to late May. Banff 's only ski-in/ski-out hotel. Fast 8-person gondola, 7 quad lifts (5 high speed); 12 lifts in total. Delirium Dive and new extreme terrain on Goat's Eye. |
Beginner and intermediate terrain serviced by 5 lifts plus famous expert terrain. Est. 1926--area's oldest ski area. 90% snowmaking. Beautiful base lodge. Grooming guarantee. Night skiing and riding available, with a lit terrain park. Ski to Norquay's Timberline Inn. |
Lake Louise is Canada 's largest single ski area, boasting 4 rideable mountains. Feature a 6 person high-speed chair, 3 high-speed quads and 9 other lifts, plus the Skoki backcountry lodge. Ski Magazine voted it first for scenery in North America . Lake Louise was also recognized as one of the Top 10 Ski Areas in North America by Skiing Magazine . |
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