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Christmas Trees at Banff Sunshine

Intermediate · 198 m long with 34 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 15° at its steepest, facing NE.

15°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
198 mlength
34 mvertical
2129 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Christmas Trees is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Christmas Trees

Lifts that reach the top: Wolverine Express Quad (skiing easy terrain to get there); Jackrabbit Quad (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 42 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sunshine Village Gondola I
  2. Ride Sunshine Village Gondola II
  3. Ski Banff Avenue (easy)
  4. Ride Jackrabbit Quad
  5. Ski Banff Avenue (easy)
  6. Ski Forget-Me-Not (easy)
  7. Ski Christmas Trees (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Forget-Me-Not. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Goat's Eye Express Quad (3 min), Sunshine Village Gondola II (4 min), Wolverine Express Quad (4 min).

See Christmas Trees on the 3D mapAll runs at Banff Sunshine
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.