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Middle Canyon at Banff Sunshine

Advanced · 980 m long with 114 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 17° at its steepest, facing N.

17°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
980 mlength
114 mvertical
2013 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Middle Canyon

Lifts that reach the top: Wolverine Express Quad (skiing easy terrain to get there); Jackrabbit Quad (skiing easy terrain to get there); Sunshine Village Gondola II (skiing easy terrain to get there); unnamed magic carpet (skiing easy terrain to get there); Wawa Quad Chair (skiing easy terrain to get there); unnamed magic carpet (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 35 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sunshine Village Gondola I
  2. Ride Sunshine Village Gondola II
  3. Ski Banff Avenue (easy)
  4. Ski Upper Canyon (easy)
  5. Ski Power Line (easy)
  6. Ski Middle Canyon (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Canyon, Banff Avenue. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Sunshine Village Gondola I (4 min), Sunshine Village Gondola I (6 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.