Gondola · Banff, Canada
Sunshine Village Gondola II
Sunshine Village Gondola II is a gondola near Banff, Canada. It climbs 142 m over 1.96 km, from 2,022 m to 2,164 m above sea level. Between its 12 pylons, the cable runs up to about 43 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
26/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Sunshine Village Gondola II is scarier than 26% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 14 of 37 in Canada.
- Highest above the ground: about 43 m, as high as a 14-storey building, 980 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 365 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 12°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Sunshine Village Gondola II is near Banff, Canada, at 2,022 m above sea level (51.09585° N, 115.77232° W). From there it runs 1.96 km up to the top station at 2,164 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 I gondola · 2.2 km away · rises 360 m
- Banff Gondola gondola · 16.2 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.