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The Shoulder at Banff Sunshine

Advanced · 931 m long with 228 m of vertical, averaging 20° and 38° at its steepest, facing NW.

38°steepest 50 m
20°average pitch
931 mlength
228 mvertical
2396 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to The Shoulder

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

From the base area (about 39 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sunshine Village Gondola I
  2. Ride Sunshine Village Gondola II
  3. Ride Super Angel Express
  4. Ski Ecstasy (advanced)
  5. Ski The Shoulder (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Miss Gratz, unnamed trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Tee Pee Town Luxury Express Quad (1 min), Jackrabbit Quad (2 min), Goat's Eye Express Quad (5 min).

See The Shoulder 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.