Sunshine Village Fact Sheet 2008-09

Location

Sunshine Village is located in Banff National Park, Alberta

• 135 km (80 miles) west of the Calgary International Airport
• Exit 8 km (5 miles) west of Banff on Trans-Canada Highway #1

Statistics

Average snowfall: More than 30 feet annually: 364 inches (925 cms)
Length of season: Nov. 7,2008 (targeted) to May 19,2009
Vertical rise: 3,514 feet, 1,070 metres
Base elevation: 5,440 feet, 1,658 metres
Top elevation: 8,954 feet, 2,730 metres
Skiable area: 3358 acres
Snowmaking: Yes
Number of lifts: 12 -- 1 Eight-Passenger High-Speed Gondola, 7 Quad Chairs, 1 Triple, 1 Double, 2 Magic Carpet Tows
Number of runs: 107 named runs, including chutes and bowls
Longest run: 5 miles (8 km)
Terrain breakdown: 20% Beginner, 55% Intermediate, 25% Expert
Number of mountains - 3 -- Goat's Eye, Standish & Lookout.
Rogers Terrain Park - area's largest, with 12+ acres of features.

Hours

Gondola opens at 8:00 a.m. and closes at 5:30 p.m. Saturday through Thursday.
Extended hours are until 10:30 p.m. on Fridays. (Subject to change)
Ski area lifts operate 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. (seven days a week). Hours are extended in spring.

Ski & Snowboard School

Ski & Instructors are members of Canadian Ski Instructors Alliance and Canadian Snowboard Association of Snowboard Instructors.
School Group, private, ski, snowboard lessons or clinics for all ages and abilities.
Book online at skibanff.com or call 1-87-SKI-BANFF (1-877-542-2633)

Rentals

Banff's largest ski and snowboard rental shop. Call 1-87-SKI-BANFF (1-877-542-2633)

Sunshine Mountain Lodge

The New Sunshine Mountain Lodge is an 84-room hotel situated at the Mountain top of Sunshine Village, at an elevation of 7,200 feet. The Sunshine Mountain Lodge is the only on-mountain accommodation in Banff National Park. Access to the hotel is by gondola only. It features a heated outdoor pool, sauna, exercise room, games room, Eagles Nest Dining Room, Chimney Corner Lounge and Java Lift coffee/pastry shop.