Introduction

Located in Banff National Park, an area internationally noted for the pristine landscape and abundant wildlife, development is closely monitored, providing a careful blend of mountain wilderness and cosmopolitan luxury. The town of Banff is an easy 90 minutes from Calgary International Airport, the smaller hamlet of Lake Louise is just 30 minutes past that.

Almost without fail you will see elk, deer or mountain goats sometime during your stay - a perk of vacationing in Canada’s first national park. This natural playground scattered with open valleys, stunning scenery and intriguing mountain wildlife is the summation of three noted ski destinations – Ski Norquay, Lake Louise Mountain Resort and Sunshine Village. The three resorts combined efforts 30 years ago to provide a tri-area lift ticket with unlimited access and free transportation to each of the resorts, including night skiing at Ski Norquay.

Since skiing began here in 1926, the area has been renowned for its annual abundance of light, dry champagne powder. Our northern location and resort elevation give us some of the most consistent and ample snowfall in all of North America.

Besides great skiing and riding, guests enjoy an impressive array of winter fun such as canyon walks, dog sledding, heli-skiing tours, ice climbing and ice-fishing, romantic horse-drawn sleigh rides, sightseeing tours, skating, snowmobile tours, snowshoe treks and tobogganing. Banff is proud to offer world-class dining and shopping, galleries, après-ski, nightlife and spas – all within an easily accessible pedestrian area.

With three incredible resorts in its backyard, Banff National Park makes an ideal winter vacation destination.  Unlike other popular ski destinations, winter is low-season, which translates into affordable ski holidays for visitors. The snow, the space and the serene beauty of the Canadian Rockies is what a winter vacation should be. It doesn’t get much better than three world class mountains all in the heart of Canada’s protected playground.