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Sports: Banff Trails

Here are some of the good trails, for hiking or cross-country skiing, that are accessible from the town of Banff:

Sulphur Mountin

From Cave & Basin to top of Sulphur Mountain (Sanson Peak)(hard)

Sulphur Mountain Loop

From Bow Falls up the Spray River on one side of Sulphur Mountain, and back down Sundance Creek to Vermillion Lakes on the other side of Sulphur Mountain (long)

Tunnel Mountain Peak

From the Banff Center to the top of Tunnel Mountain (short & easy)

Hoodoos

From the Banff Centre to the Hoodoos (short & easy)

Mount Rundle Peak

From Bow Falls to the top of Mount Rundle (hard)

Stoney Squaw Mountain

From the top of Mount Norquary Road to the top of Stoney Squaw Mountain (hard)

Cacade Mountain

From the top of Mount Norquay Road up the back of Cascade Mountain (really hard)

Mount Rundle to Canmore

Along the south bank of the Bow and along the base of Mount Rundle to Canmore (by the Nordic Centre)

Lake Minnewanka

From just inside the Park Gates, up Carrot Creek around to the far side of Lake Minnewanka.