Banff Gondola

This Might Be the Most Stunning Summer Road Trip in Canada

"A high-elevation cable car that lifts visitors to the summit, delivering panoramic vistas of multiple mountain ranges and the Bow Valley below and serving as the gateway to summit dining and interpretive experiences." - Rebecca Deurlein Rebecca Deurlein Rebecca Deurlein believes everything is interesting, and she loves finding the story everywhere she goes. Her passion is discovering people and places that have gone unnoticed and bringing light to what makes them unique. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines

How to Plan a Winter Visit to Canada's Banff National Park

"A cableway that carries visitors to the summit of Sulphur Mountain for panoramic views and an immersive nighttime light-and-sound installation co-created with local Indigenous partners; the experience combines interactive art, cultural tribute and a tranquil gondola descent back down the mountain." - Evie Carrick Evie Carrick Evie Carrick is a writer and editor who’s lived in five countries and visited well over 50. She now splits her time between Colorado and Paris, ensuring she doesn't have to live without skiing or L'As du Fallafel. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines

This Mountainous Journey Was Named the Best Winter Train Route in the World

"A gondola offering panoramic vantage points from which visitors are encouraged to enjoy a light show; cited as one of the accessible activities while visiting the nearby mountain town and park." - Evie Carrick Evie Carrick Evie Carrick is a writer and editor who’s lived in five countries and visited well over 50. She now splits her time between Colorado and Paris, ensuring she doesn't have to live without skiing or L'As du Fallafel. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines

'Nightrise' Is a Light Show in Banff That Celebrates Mountains, Winter, and Indigenous Peoples

"An evening gondola attraction that launches at sunset and carries visitors more than 2,000 feet up to the mountain summit, where a new multimedia show transforms the site after dark. The Nightrise experience—created by Moment Factory in partnership with the Stoney Nakoda Nation—uses lights, digital art, narration, music and original soundscapes to reframe the landscape and honor Indigenous connections to the land. At the summit, multisensory installations called the Four Wonders (Cosmic Rays/Apenene Garharhagach, Diamond Dust/Wiyapta Ptach, Alpenglow/Aîthîya Eya and Frosted Waves/Yowatha) invite playful, reflective interaction, and two videos produced by Stoney Nakoda creatives (including an appearance by elder Charlie Rabbit) share cultural stories about the mountain, winter and night. A digital companion guide offers context, games and trivia. The evening show is included with the special evening gondola fare through March 31, 2024; the first Nightrise departure is at 7:10 p.m., with adult fares starting at C$58 (approx. US$43), and a package that adds a three-course summit meal is offered as well." - Evie Carrick Evie Carrick Evie Carrick is a writer and editor who’s lived in five countries and visited well over 50. She now splits her time between Colorado and Paris, ensuring she doesn't have to live without skiing or L'As du Fallafel. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines

"Banff from Above This is another fun adventure that's not strenuous in Banff. Take a gondola up Mt. Sulphur. That building in the photo is where the gondola comes in. Then you can walk along a boardwalk up to the summit, from where you have panoramic views of the peaks and a view down at the town of Banff and the Bow River. There's an old weather station at the summit that's been preserved as it was back in the day. We also saw a hoary marmot. After you take the gondola back down, you can go for a soak in the pool fed by hot springs just down the road. I dare you to rent one of the old-timey bathing suits. Oh, and I recommend you bring your own towel. The ones you pay for at the pool are tiny."