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Viking Ridge at Banff Sunshine

Advanced · 781 m long with 207 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 28° at its steepest, facing W.

28°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
781 mlength
207 mvertical
2538 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Viking Ridge

Lifts that reach the top: Super Angel Express (skiing novice terrain to get there); Tee Pee Town Luxury Express Quad (skiing easy 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 Viking Ridge (advanced)

Where it ends

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

See Viking Ridge 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.