Banff

Banff Sunshine Village

Big terrain, a long spring season. About 1 hr 40 from downtown.

Vertical and terrain are from each hill’s official stats page, checked October 20, 2026, unless marked approximate. Drive times are approximate. The official snow report is the record. Vertical and acres from skibig3.com. Pass days from skibanff.com Ikon page and skibig3.com Mountain Collective page. Opening November 6, tentative.

Banff Sunshine Village — Photo by Axel Pettersson, CC BY-SA 4.0 licence

The hill

Drive from downtown (approx.)1 hr 40

KindDownhill

Vertical1,070 m vertical

Terrain3,358 acres on three mountains. Blues, bowls and steeps.

Good forBig terrain, a long spring season

Park passParks Canada pass

Passes that workSkiBig3, Ikon (7 shared days), Ikon Base (5 shared days), Mountain Collective (2 days)

Night skiingNot filed

Bus from CalgarySunshine Coach bus in season

2026-27 opening. November 6, tentative. Dates move with the snow, so check the hill’s page.

Snow and roads

The official report is the record. We read it once a night, copy the numbers and link it. We never forecast it.

Official snow reportSunshine conditions

Road report511 Alberta

Weather near the hillCloudy, -1°C, feels like -6°C, about 3 cm of snow in the next 3 daysOpen-Meteo weather model. Not a snow report.

Last checked by usOctober 20, 2026, against the official page

Official site

Calgarians who’ve been here

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Before and after the hill

Sports Rent Skis, boards and boots to rent for the day or the season, on sportsrent.ca. Every other shop is on our gear page. Gear and rentals
Après-ski Wings, ramen and a warm patio on the way back into town, on calgarymenu.com.

Ski-day reports

Dated two-line reports from Calgarians, labelled as member reports. None yet for this hill.

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