Banff Ski Holidays

Great ski resort, lovely town and awesome scenery. We stayed in a lodge just outside of town and skied at both Sunshine Village and Lake Louise. Again everyone was so friendly and polite, there were virtually no queues for the lifts and the pistes were very quiet. As intermediate skiers I don't feel we really got the most from the Banff ski area, if we had been expert skiers we could have had a ball, but we still really enjoyed the variety of runs. We had excellent snow conditions for April, it was unseasonably cold, which was great - I am not sure we would have had such a great skiing experience under normal spring weather conditions (although then there would have been more sitting in the sun taking in the views going on). Driving from Banff to Sunshine was very easy, only 15 to 20 minutes and to Lake Louise was longer, 45 minutes, but just along the highway. We did drive in some snow, had it been heavy snow we would have felt more nervous about driving and would probably have taken the ski bus to the resorts. We loved the hot tubs and hot springs and the free entry to the Whyte museum on our day off was an added bonus. There's so much to do around Banff as well as skiing, we could easily have spent longer, it was the perfect mix of activities, social and relaxation. We did walk up the Johnston Canyon which was amazing, the creek was so pretty and the frozen waterfall incredible. We did this on our own, just hired crampons in the town and drove to the car park - I think it would be useful to give customers the confidence to plan such trips on their own, with the right information it is very easy and saves so much money rather than joining a tour.