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North Pocket at Banff Sunshine

Advanced · 515 m long with 154 m of vertical, averaging 19° and 33° at its steepest, facing W.

33°steepest 50 m
19°average pitch
515 mlength
154 mvertical
2520 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

North Pocket is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

How to get to North Pocket

Lifts that reach the top: 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 38 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sunshine Village Gondola I
  2. Ride Sunshine Village Gondola II
  3. Ride Super Angel Express
  4. Ski World Cup Downhill (intermediate)
  5. Ski North Pocket (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins World Cup Downhill. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Great Divide Express Quad (2 min), Super Angel Express (3 min), Tee Pee Town Luxury Express Quad (4 min).

See North Pocket 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.