CanadaAlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitobaNew BrunswickNewfoundlandNorthwest TerritoryNova ScotiaNunavutOntarioPrince Edward IslandQuebecSaskatchewanYukon TerritoryCanada
Sulphur Mountain
Home Logs Links Gallery E-mail

Location:
Banff,
Banff National Park

Date:
1. July 31, 2000
2. September 8, 2000

Distance:
11.0 kilometers

Maximum Elevation:
2281 meters

Elevation Gain:
660 meters

Time Required:
3.5 to 4.0 hours

 

The wide trail to the top of Sulphur Mountain is very much forested. Views do open briefly as the trail passes a waterfalls on the mountain's east slope. There are twenty-eight switchbacks, which keep the grade reasonable and easy the strain of the ascent. The trail steepens as it nears the summit and the gondola terminal.

From the gondola terminal, a 0.4-kilometer boardwalk trail leads to the summit of Sanson Peak along the ridge of Sulphur Mountain. The gondola company still allows hikers who walked up the trail to ride the lift down for free. Check the gondola's hours of operation, or you would have to walk back down.

Description:
Number of Pictures:  of

Back

Compass Mountaineer Ice Axe Hiking Boot Hiker Summit