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Upper Canyon at Banff Sunshine

Easy · 1163 m long with 94 m of vertical, averaging 5° and 12° at its steepest, facing NE.

12°steepest 50 m
5°average pitch
1163 mlength
94 mvertical
2118 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Upper Canyon

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

From the base area (about 32 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sunshine Village Gondola I
  2. Ride Sunshine Village Gondola II
  3. Ski Banff Avenue (easy)
  4. Ski Upper Canyon (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Power Line. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Wolverine Express Quad (1 min), Sunshine Village Gondola I (7 min), Sunshine Village Gondola I (9 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.