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Canmore

A working town just outside the park's east gate at around 1,310 m, with its own restaurants and mountain-town character and cheaper beds than Banff. The trade-off is distance — every SkiBig3 mountain is a longer daily drive from here. The value pick for anyone happy to commute to the snow.

  • 1,309 m Village base
  • 2,686 m Top lift
  • 1,054 m Vertical
  • 279 Pistes mapped
  • 33 Lifts

Terrain, lift and aspect figures shown are for the whole SkiBig3 — Canmore shares the area's linked lift pass. Its own base altitude is shown above.

⛰ Part of the SkiBig3 — one linked lift pass →

The village

Guide coming soon. A full write-up of Canmore is on the way. The live weather, snowfall, stats and where-to-stay map below are all ready now.

Snow & weather

Live conditions from the mountain, plus the average snow you can expect month by month.

Conditions now · Canmore
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Average monthly snowfall

Avg. monthly snowfall (cm) · 10-yr means Weather data © Open-Meteo.com (CC-BY 4.0), ERA5 reanalysis.

Terrain & aspect

For the whole SkiBig3.

35% beginner 28% inter. 36% expert
N · blue: 4% N · red: 5% N · black: 3% N · unknown: 0% NE · blue: 4% NE · red: 4% NE · black: 6% E · blue: 2% E · red: 3% E · black: 10% E · unknown: 0% SE · blue: 2% SE · red: 2% SE · black: 3% S · blue: 3% S · red: 2% S · black: 3% S · unknown: 0% SW · green: 0% SW · blue: 2% SW · red: 3% SW · black: 14% W · blue: 2% W · red: 5% W · black: 9% NW · blue: 3% NW · red: 3% NW · black: 4% NW · unknown: 0% NESW
Downhill runs only
  • Novice
  • Easy
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced
  • Flat / ungraded

Slopes mostly face SW.
Aspect derived from run bearings · OpenSkiStats / © OpenStreetMap (ODbL).

Skiing & terrain

A level-by-level guide to skiing from Canmore is coming soon. The difficulty split and slope aspect (for the whole SkiBig3) are shown here now.

On the map

Canmore
Legend

Run difficulty

  • Novice
  • Easy
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced / Expert
  • Freeride / Extreme
  • Unknown

Run types

  • Downhill — groomed
  • Downhill — ungroomed
  • Downhill — gladed
  • Nordic (groomed)
  • Ski tour
  • ☾Lit (night)
  • △Not patrolled
  • →One-way
  • ❄Snowmaking

Lifts

  • Operating
  • Operating (private)
  • Non-operating
  • Lift station

Slope-gradient grading

Downhill / ski tour

  • Flat<3°
  • Easy3–14°
  • Intermediate14–22°
  • Advanced / Expert22–45°
  • Freeride / Extreme>45°

Nordic

  • Easy<6°
  • Intermediate6–9°
  • Advanced>9°

Aspect (sun exposure)

  • N — least sun
  • E — morning
  • S — most sun
  • W — afternoon

Legend after OpenSkiMap

Map & ski data © OSM (ODbL) via OpenSkiMap · basemap OpenFreeMap · terrain Mapterhorn
See the official piste maps on Skimap.org →
Where you'll stay

Stay in Canmore

A working town just outside the park's east gate at around 1,310 m, with its own restaurants and mountain-town character and cheaper beds than Banff. The trade-off is distance — every SkiBig3 mountain is a longer daily drive from here. The value pick for anyone happy to commute to the snow.

Ski-in / ski-out

Lifts and pistes from the door — the point of a high, purpose-built resort.

Apartments

Self-catering residences, the bulk of the beds and the flexible-budget option.

Chalets

Catered and self-catered chalets for groups wanting the whole place.

Hotels & spa

From simple to high-end, with pools and spas to thaw out in.

Nearby resorts

Other bases within reach — including the rest of the SkiBig3.

~approx 94 km away
Faces north-west
Canada · British Columbia

Panorama Mountain Resort

73.7 km (OSM) 1,152–2,368 m
12% beginner 63% inter. 23% expert
Vertical
1217 m
Pistes (mapped)
83
Lifts
10
~approx 182 km away
Faces north-east
Canada · British Columbia

Fernie Alpine Resort

82.3 km (OSM) 1,059–2,097 m
23% beginner 48% inter. 29% expert
Vertical
1038 m
Pistes (mapped)
102
Lifts
10
~approx 195 km away
Faces west
Canada · Revelstoke

Revelstoke Mountain Resort

83.6 km (OSM) 514–2,224 m
35% beginner 35% inter. 31% expert
Vertical
1709 m
Pistes (mapped)
61
Lifts
7
~approx 274 km away
Faces east
Canada · British Columbia

Silver Star Mountain Resort

111.1 km (OSM) 1,146–1,886 m
29% beginner 41% inter. 30% expert
Vertical
740 m
Pistes (mapped)
141
Lifts
11
~approx 295 km away
Faces south-west
Canada · British Columbia

Big White Ski Resort

95.9 km (OSM) 1,512–2,271 m
31% beginner 42% inter. 28% expert
Vertical
759 m
Pistes (mapped)
101
Lifts
16
~approx 318 km away
Faces south-east
Canada · Sun Peaks Mountain Resort

Sun Peaks Resort

154.5 km (OSM) 1,200–2,087 m
25% beginner 45% inter. 30% expert
Vertical
887 m
Pistes (mapped)
171
Lifts
13
~approx 547 km away
Faces north-west
Canada · Whistler

Whistler Blackcomb

299.3 km (OSM) 653–2,259 m
26% beginner 41% inter. 33% expert
Vertical
1606 m
Pistes (mapped)
420
Lifts
36
~approx 708 km away
Faces north-east
United States · Big Sky

Big Sky Resort

238.2 km (OSM) 2,078–3,402 m
27% beginner 38% inter. 35% expert
Vertical
1325 m
Pistes (mapped)
289
Lifts
45
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Getting to Canmore

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Ski data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via OpenSkiMap & Skimap.org. Basemap © OpenFreeMap / OpenMapTiles. · Weather data © Open-Meteo.com (CC-BY 4.0), ERA5 reanalysis. Village grouping & editorial: mynext.holiday. Accommodation via Stay22; transfers via Kiwitaxi; car hire via Travelpayouts.