Sunshine Village

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Introduction

Sunshine and Goat's Eye Mountain are amongst the oldest resorts in Alberta and are the best places in the Banff area for deep snow. The area receives serious amounts of snowfall every year and is a good alternative to its neighbouring resort, Lake Louise.

From the car park, the high-speed 8-man Gondola takes you up to the Sunshine Village base area and offers you the chance to get out at Goat's Eye Mountain, which is where most of the hardcore riding is found - including some severely steep, double black diamond runs such as the Wild Side, Hell's Kitchen and Freefall. Two areas are accessed form Sunshine Village; Mt Standish and Lookout Mountain, although most of the runs on Mt Standish are annoyingly short, especially when the resort's busy.

Lookout Mountain has longer runs, a park and also the resort's overall highlight, Delirium Dive, which is great, but definitely for nutters only.

Resort Statistics

Resort Type: Alpine
Winter: Nov to May
Summer: None

Lifts

Total Lifts: 12
Gondolas: 1
Chair lifts: 9
Other lifts: 2 magic carpets
Max people per hour: 20,000
Board Leashes required: Yes

Mountain

Total pistes/trails: 107
Total ride area: 3358acres/82km
Longest run: 5miles (8km)

Top lift: 2730m
Vertical drop: 1070m
First lift: 1658m

Piste suitability

Green runs: 22%
Red runs: 31%
Black runs: 47%

Lift Passes

Lift Passes: Half-day pass $53.27 CDN
1 Day pass - $64.95 CDN
5 of 7 day pass $310.75 CDN
Season pass - $799 CDN
Lift times:9.00am to 4.00pm

Snowfall

Average annual snowfall: 9.25m
Artificial snowmaking coverage: 0%

Facilities

Night Riding: : No
Snowboard Schools: Beginner lesson inc lift, rental , lesson & lunch. 1 day $139.25
, 3 days $378.50
Group full day $116.82
Private full day (6rs) $500
Snowboard Hire: Board and Boots $33.50/day
5 Days $137.35

Heliboarding: : Not available
Snowmobiles: Not available