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Cottontail at Banff Sunshine

Easy · 356 m long with 35 m of vertical, averaging 5° and 11° at its steepest, facing N.

11°steepest 50 m
5°average pitch
356 mlength
35 mvertical
2159 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Cottontail

Lifts that reach the top: Jackrabbit Quad (skiing easy terrain to get there); Wolverine Express Quad (skiing easy terrain to get there); Super Angel Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Tee Pee Town Luxury Express Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Great Divide Express Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 42 minutes, easy 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 Miss Gratz (easy)
  6. Ski Cottontail (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Larch Glade. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Jackrabbit Quad (1 min), Wolverine Express Quad (5 min), Sunshine Village Gondola I (11 min).

See Cottontail 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.