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Fireweed at Banff Sunshine

Advanced · 295 m long with 81 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 21° at its steepest, facing NW.

21°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
295 mlength
81 mvertical
2199 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Fireweed

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

From the base area (about 40 minutes, advanced 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 Fireweed (advanced)

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 Fireweed 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.