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Larch Glade at Banff Sunshine

Easy · 407 m long with 56 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 11° at its steepest, facing NW.

11°steepest 50 m
average pitch
407 mlength
56 mvertical
2175 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Larch Glade

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

From the base area (about 41 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 Larch Glade (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Banff Avenue, Upper Canyon, Fireweed. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Jackrabbit Quad (1 min), Wolverine Express Quad (4 min), Sunshine Village Gondola I (10 min).

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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.