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.
Snow & weather
Live conditions from the mountain, plus the average snow you can expect month by month.
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Live data © Open-Meteo.com
Average monthly snowfall
Terrain & aspect
For the whole SkiBig3.
- 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
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.
Lifts and pistes from the door — the point of a high, purpose-built resort.
Self-catering residences, the bulk of the beds and the flexible-budget option.
Catered and self-catered chalets for groups wanting the whole place.
From simple to high-end, with pools and spas to thaw out in.
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Nearby resorts
Other bases within reach — including the rest of the SkiBig3.
Faces north-west Panorama Mountain Resort
- Vertical
- 1217 m
- Pistes (mapped)
- 83
- Lifts
- 10
Faces north-east Fernie Alpine Resort
- Vertical
- 1038 m
- Pistes (mapped)
- 102
- Lifts
- 10
Faces west Revelstoke Mountain Resort
- Vertical
- 1709 m
- Pistes (mapped)
- 61
- Lifts
- 7
Faces east Silver Star Mountain Resort
- Vertical
- 740 m
- Pistes (mapped)
- 141
- Lifts
- 11
Faces south-west Big White Ski Resort
- Vertical
- 759 m
- Pistes (mapped)
- 101
- Lifts
- 16
Faces south-east Sun Peaks Resort
- Vertical
- 887 m
- Pistes (mapped)
- 171
- Lifts
- 13
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. Editorial: mynext.holiday. Accommodation via Stay22; transfers via Kiwitaxi; car hire via Travelpayouts.