Mount Norquay

Mount Norquay Ski Resort is a ski area located in the province of Alberta in Canada. The resort is in the town of Banff, AB.

We recently ranked all of Alberta's ski resorts, so you can see where Mount Norquay stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!

Season Passes

Mount Norquay is a part of the Ikon Ski Pass network. This allows you to buy one lift pass, and ski at all or most of the Ikon-sponsored slopes with it throughout the year, depending on the type of pass you bought.

Lodging Options

There are numerous options to stay at Mount Norquay around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.

Mount Norquay Mountain Resort Terrain Overview

Mount Norquay has a total of 60 ski trails, which are serviced by 6 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Mount Norquay is considered a smaller than average ski area, with only a maximum of 190 acres available to ski. This area is equivalent to 77 hectares, 0.3 square miles, or 0.8 square kilometers.

Mount Norquay's slopes see on average 118 inches (3.0 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 9 feet every year!

Total Runs
60

Lifts
6

Skiable Acres
190(1 km²)

Annual Snowfall
118"(300 cm)

Mount Norquay Ski Resort Elevation

Mount Norquay Ski Resort has a summit elevation of 6,998 feet, or 2,133 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 5,350 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 1,648 feet (502 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.

Mount Norquay's summit elevation is higher than average. There are a lot of ski slopes that are much higher than this one (some stretch to 12,000 feet!), but it is not small by any stretch of the imagination.

Summit Elevation
6,998'(2,133 m)

Vertical Drop
1,648'(502 m)

Base Elevation
5,350'(1,631 m)

Mount Norquay Ski Resort Difficulty Level

Difficulty Score^™
53.3out of 100

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Mount Norquay can be beginner-friendly, but it depends on the ski trails you ride. While it ranks in the lower half of all North American ski areas in terms of overall difficulty, it still has 69% of its trails rated at or above intermediate ski level.

Skiable Terrain by Difficulty Level

Mount Norquay has 190 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.

Beginner
31%(59 acres)

Beginner trails (identified by a green circle) are the easiest trails on the hill with a gradual 25% or less gradient, and are usually wide to accommodate beginner skiers.

Intermediate
25%(48 acres)

Intermediate trails (identified by a blue square) are usually the most popular and crowded runs, which have a slope of anywhere between 25-40%.

Expert
44%(84 acres)

Expert trails (identified by a black diamond... or two) are the hardest slopes on the mountain, and have very steep gradients over 40%.

Is Mount Norquay Ski Resort good for beginners?

Mount Norquay can be beginner-friendly, depending on the runs you take. While it ranks in the lower half of all North American ski areas in terms of overall difficulty, it still has 69% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.

Mount Norquay Ski Resort Location

Mount Norquay Ski Resort is located in the province of Alberta, Canada. This ski area is nearest the town of Banff, AB.

Getting to Mount Norquay Mountain Resort

By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Mount Norquay Ski Resort), its coordinates of 51.20300, -115.60000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Banff, AB to get close.

By Air: If you are coming in from across the country, then you may need to board an airplane to get here.

A large airport has scheduled major airline service with millions of passengers per year. This type of airport always accepts international flights. Here are the closest large airport(s) to Mount Norquay Ski Resort.

A medium-sized airport has scheduled regional airline service. This type of airport may or may not accept international flights. Here are the closest medium-sized airport(s) to Mount Norquay.

There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Mount Norquay Ski Resort, but we didn't list them here due to the fact that no major airlines go through them.

Other Nearby Ski Resorts

Skiers will - especially if coming from far away - try and visit a couple different slopes all in the same trip. Here are the closest other ski slopes within 100 miles of Mount Norquay Ski Resort.

Mount Norquay Ski Resort Mountain Stats