Gondola · Banff, Canada
Sunshine Village Gondola I
Sunshine Village Gondola I is a gondola near Banff, Canada. It climbs 360 m over 2.53 km, from 1,662 m to 2,022 m above sea level. Between its 21 pylons, the cable runs up to about 40 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
23/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Sunshine Village Gondola I is scarier than 23% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 18 of 37 in Canada.
- Highest above the ground: about 40 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 2.01 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 302 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 16°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Sunshine Village Gondola I is near Banff, Canada, at 1,662 m above sea level (51.11497° N, 115.76365° W). From there it runs 2.53 km up to the top station at 2,022 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 12 min
Nearby lines
- Sunshine Village Gondola II gondola · 2.2 km away · rises 142 m
- Banff Gondola gondola · 15.1 km away · rises 696 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.