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Mt. Norquay

Mt. Norquay is the Canadian Rockies’ best-kept secret.

Family-friendly and criminally underrated, Norquay serves up genuinely good terrain for beginners through to advanced riders — without the crowds. No lift lines, no fighting for a table at lunch, just proper mountain food and room to breathe. Night skiing is on offer too, for anyone not ready to call it a day when the sun goes down.

The real kicker: you’re ten minutes from Banff township, so all your après and off-mountain plans are sorted. Banff Sunshine and Lake Louise are both close by as well, making it easy to mix up your days across three very different mountains.

Norquay might not have the name recognition — but that’s exactly why it’s worth knowing about.

Overview

The locals ‘gem’ with spectacular views
Excellent beginner and intermediate terrain
Fully lit terrain park and only night skiing in Banff
Long opening season
Great for families and half-day skiing
Largest tube park in the Canadian Rockies – 8 lanes of tubing
Canada’s first ski resort on 100% renewable energy

About Banff & Lake Louise

Banff National Park is an untouched wilderness and a Unesco World Heritage site in the Canadian Rockies. The mountains here are so rugged, their jagged and twisted shapes tower into the sky. Glaciers plunge to the valley floor far below, while the lakes and rivers at their base lie frozen and still.

The spectacular Canadian Rockies is where you’ll experience three world-renowned ski resorts of Banff Sunshine, Lake Louise Ski Resort and Mt. Norquay. Banff and Lake Louise enjoy 9 metres of famously light, dry powder snow each year, and boast one of the longest ski seasons in North America (November to mid-May). These iconic resorts share 8,000 acres of skiable terrain, 2 gondolas, 29 chairlifts and piles of silky snow every season. The best part is, it takes just one lift ticket and you can ski/board all three resorts for an amazing ski holiday!

Mountain Statistics

Statistics

Top Elevation	2,133 metres
Base Elevation	1,630 metres
Vertical Drop	503 metres
Skiable Terrain	190 acres
Lifts	6 chairlifts – 2 carpet lifts, 1 double chair, 2 quad chairs, 1 high speed quad
Runs	60 \| The longest run is 1.2km
Ave Annual Snowfall	300 cms
Terrain Beginner	31%
Terrain Intermediate	25%
Terrain Advanced	44%
Ski in / Ski out	No

Other Activities

At Mt Norquay, there is more on offer than just world-class skiing and snowboarding with amazing adventures adding to your ski/board winter experience.

You can enjoy spectacular ice walks in frozen canyons, snowshoeing, dogsledding, horse sleigh rides, hot springs, ice fishing, tubing, snowmobile tours, fat biking, pond ice hockey, heli sight-seeing, ice skating and winter wildlife viewing. The options are endless in this winter wonderland.

Discover Banff & It’s Wildlife
Keep your eyes peeled for deer, elk, moose, and big-horned sheep! This three hour tour will include some of the most scenic and historically significant highlights of Banff, such as the Banff Springs Hotel, Bow Falls, Surprise Corner, Hoodoos Lookout, and Lake Minnewanka.

Discover Lake Louise
Take the day to explore postcard-perfect Lake Louise! Travel by guided bus tour to Lake Louise, along the scenic Bow Valley Parkway. With 4 hours free time at Lake Louise you will have plenty of time to explore on your own, rent a pair of skates and glide along the lake, take a horse-drawn sleigh ride, or warm up with a hot drink at the elegant Chateau Lake Louise and soak up the views.

Snowshoe Tour to Marble Canyon
Crunch through the fresh powder as you hike on snowshoes through the Marble Canyon, a 40-metre deep gorge worn away over centuries by the rushing waters of Tokumn Creek. After your crisp winter walk through the canyon, enjoy a uniquely Canadian treat of hot maple taffy poured into snow to make a sweet frozen dessert.

Johnston Canyon Icewalk
Travel through prime wildlife habitat and admire the frozen waterfalls of Johnston Canyon. This popular ice walk will lead you along steel catwalks built into the canyon walls, past the lower falls and to the breathtaking upper icefalls. Learn the history and formation of the canyon before stopping for refreshments and the chance to take in the surrounding scenery.

Johnston Canyon Evening Icewalk
Heighten your senses, appreciate the darkness and enjoy the silence of a night beneath the stars! Follow your guide to Johnston Canyon’s lower falls along suspended catwalks, through a natural tunnel onto the viewing platform beside the cascading falls. As you return take the opportunity to turn off your headlamp and let the light of the moon and stars guide you back through the pine forest.

Kicking Horse Day Trip
Take a day trip to one of the most thrilling ski resorts in Canada. The Powder Express Shuttle will arrive right as the gondola opens so you can get in as many runs as you like. With plenty of steep runs and deep fluffy powder, Kicking Horse offers adrenaline pumping vertical runs, tree runs, steep chutes and wide-open bowls.

Ice Hockey Game
Listen to the roar of the crowd and watch players glide across the ice. Your trip wouldn’t be complete without a fun filled evening at a Calgary Flames hockey game!

Dogsledding
Get to know friendly Canadian Huskies as you learn to harness and handle the dogs, before heading out on the snow-covered trails through the Canadian Wilderness.

Kicking Horse Snowmobiling
After being picked up from your Banff hotel you will head to Kicking Horse to experience the excitement and thrill of driving a snowmobile through the magnificent Rocky Mountains! You will be guided through the mountain trails on your own 600cc snowmobile, travel along the edge of an alpine valley and enjoy the panoramic views before stopping for a delicious mountainside BBQ lunch by the fire.

More Activities

Banff Hot Springs
Ice Skating
Cross country skiing
Tubing
Tobogganing

Getting There

Getting to Mt Norquay

Getting to Mt Norquay is easy!
Calgary International Airport is the closest airport only a 1.5 hour scenic drive to Banff and then another 6 kms to Mt Norquay along the Trans-Canada highway.

Ask our Active Travel Experts to assist you in prearranging transfers or a rental car for your stay.