The Banff Gondola: eight minutes up Sulphur Mountain
The real outing starts at the top: a boardwalk along the ridge.
The Banff Gondola runs from the edge of the town of Banff up Sulphur Mountain. The ride takes about eight minutes on a route of about 1.6 kilometres (1 mi); the enclosed cabins hold four people and are usually filled. At the top, a boardwalk with 368 shallow steps runs along the ridge.
The gondola runs all year, apart from a short maintenance break in November. Depending on the season it opens between 8:00 and 10:00 and closes between 21:00 and 22:00.
If you hike up, you can ride down for half price. If you ride up and want to walk down, you need a full ticket.
Pursuit: Banff Gondola, frequently asked questions ↗
In numbers
- Ride time
- approx. 8 minutes
- Route length
- approx. 1.6 km (1 mi)
- People per cabin
- 4
- Summit boardwalk
- 500 m (1,640 ft), 368 steps
- Hiking trail up
- 4.8 km (3 mi), +655 m (2,149 ft)
- To Sanson Peak
- +0.5 km (0.3 mi)
- Parking at the base
- 17.50 CAD per day
- Gondola shuttle free
- 15 May–12 October 2026
- Children up to 5
- free
- Ride down after hiking up
- half price
