| Banff Sunshine | |
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 Banff Sunshine Village ski resort | |
  Banff Sunshine Location within Alberta  Banff Sunshine Banff Sunshine (Canada) | |
| Location | Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada |
| Nearest major city | Banff – 15 km (9 mi) |
| Coordinates | 51°04′43″N 115°46′56″W / 51.07861°N 115.78222°W |
| Vertical | 1,070 m (3,510 ft) |
| Top elevation | 2,730 m (8,957 ft)[1] |
| Base elevation | 1,660 m (5,446 ft) |
| Skiable area | 13.6 km2 (3,360.6 acres) |
| Trails | 120 15% easiest  37% more difficult  40% most difficult  7% Expert |
| Lift system | 1 Gondola (8) 7 High-Speed Quads 2 Quads 2 Magic Carpets |
| Lift capacity | 20,000 / h[2] |
| Terrain parks | 5 |
| Snowfall | 914 cm (360 in; 30 ft) |
| Website | SkiBanff.com |
Banff Sunshine Village (formerly Sunshine Village) is a ski resort in western Canada, located on the Continental Divide of the Canadian Rockies within Banff National Park in Alberta and Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park in British Columbia. It is one of three major ski resorts located in the Banff National Park.[3] Because of its location straddling the Continental Divide, Sunshine receives more snow than the neighbouring ski resorts. The Sunshine base area is located 15 km (9 mi) southwest of the town of Banff. By car, it is about a ninety-minute drive from the city of Calgary; the Sunshine exit on the Trans Canada Highway is 8 km (5 mi) west of the town of Banff.
Banff Sunshine ski runs and lifts are accessed via an eight-person high-speed gondola. It moves passengers from the parking lot (or bus terminal) to Goat's Eye mountain in 10 minutes and to the upper Village area in 18 minutes. There are 9 chairlifts and 134 trails within the alpine valley formed by the three mountains (Mount Standish, Lookout Mountain, and Goat's Eye Mountain) that constitute Banff Sunshine. In summer, the resort runs a shuttle bus service to its attractive walking trails and alpine meadows.
- ^ SkiBanff Archived 2006-12-08 at the Wayback Machine - Mountain statistics
- ^ "Stats & Trail Maps - Sunshine Village - Banff Ski Resort, Canada". Archived from the original on 2006-12-08. Retrieved 2006-11-16.
- ^ "Visit Calgary | Flights, Holidays & Hotels | British Airways". www.britishairways.com. Retrieved 2020-01-16.