Banff Mt Norquay Ski Resort Guide
Banff Mt Norquay Ski Resort Guide
Starting with the first ski runs cut in 1926, Banff Mt Norquay now encompasses a wide variety of terrain and ticket options to suit everyone. Banff Mt Norquay has a long-standing reputation for challenge and is based on the first runs you see upon approaching the area: a quintet of super-steep, mogul-studded free falls served by the original double chair. For hardcore Banff Mt Norquay regulars, no runs anywhere can match Upper Lone Pine and Gun Run, a dynamite black-diamond duo. Memorial Bowl is a generous, consistent swath with an average 34-degree pitch. Nearby, and connected by ski bus, Sunshine Village provides skiers and boarders with a 12-lift system featuring seven modern quad chairs (the most in the Canadian Rockies). The first ride takes you up five miles to the base area. Last season's poma high-speed quad chairlift allows a faster ride, higher capacity, greater height on the mountain, and improved access to the runs leading to the Continental Divide. One lift actually crosses a bit of British Columbia.
Resorts close to Banff Mt Norquay include:
Sunshine Village (16 km),
Nakiska (39 km),
Fortress Mountain (47 km),
Lake Louise (49 km),
Talus Lodge (50 km),
Select Banff Mt Norquay Location Map Detail:
(Also see our detailed Weather Map around Banff Mt Norquay, which will give you visual overview of current and future snow conditions)
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Trails (Pistes): 28 |
Halfpipes: 1 |
| Summit: 2133 m |
Toplift: m |
| Beg: 28% Int: 56% Adv: 16% |
Terrain Parks: 1 |
| Vertical Drop: 503 m |
X-Country: - |
| Lifts: 5(4 chair, 1 surface) |
Snowmaking: 90% |
| Gondolas / Cable Cars: - |
Slopeside accommodation: - |
| Restaurants: Y |
Acres of ski: 162 |
| Bars: Y |
Nearest Airport: Calgary |
| Nearest Train: Calgary |
Tourist Info Phone:: +1/403/7624421,
Banff Mt Norquay Tourist Office Website |
Visitor Reviews of Banff Mt Norquay
John from Canada writes:
After skiing at all three hills in this area (Lake Louise, Sunshine Village and Norquay) I found Mount Norquay to be a fantastic experience!
The hill is filled with welcoming staff from all over the place. They have the best terrain park of the 3 by far. And the snow was unbeatable. A lot of the reviews talk about Norquay having icy runs. Come and ski in Ontario and you will see what icy runs are. We arrived with a dusting of fresh snow and there were no lift lines. Over Christmas holidays we had no lift lines. How awesome is that. I didn't wait more than 2 minutes for a chair all day. Went to Sunshine and not only were the staff rude at times, but the lift lines seemed to stretch for miles at times, and I found myself getting stuck on runs that were extremely flat in sections.
One of the neatest things was going up the North American chair, they have a tea house at the top of the lift, that apparently just opened back up after more than 20 years, and the view from there was the best I found at any of the resorts, amazing. Just a warning though that chair is not for the faint at heart, the easiest run up there is a high level black run, but the snow is amazing.
If you are a good skier and want to ski good terrain, with little traversing, no lift lines and a bunch of nice people, I would highly recommend Mount Norquay.
2012-01-06 |
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- Season opens: 5 Nov 2011
- Season closes: 15 Apr 2012
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