TL;DR
Banff Sunshine in Alberta has taken out OnTheSnow's Best Overall Ski Destination award for North America, voted on by the platform's users. The award was presented at the Mountain Travel Symposium in Whistle, British Columbia.
Banff Sunshine has been named the Best Overall Ski Destination in North America by OnTheSnow's annual Visitors' Choice Awards
The award was presented at the Mountain Travel Symposium in Whistler, British Columbia, with Banff Sunshine selected from hundreds of North American resorts based on user ratings and reviews submitted through OnTheSnow's website and app.
OnTheSnow's audience collectively posts thousands of firsthand resort reports each season, rating destinations across categories including terrain variety, après-ski, and family offerings. Banff Sunshine came out on top in the overall category, which reflects a combination of those factors rather than any single metric.
What Banff Sunshine offers
Located in Banff National Park, Banff Sunshine covers more than 3,300 acres across three mountains, with over 130 marked trails and more than 1,067 metres of vertical. The resort is part of the SkiBig3 collective alongside Lake Louise Ski Resort and Mt. Norquay, and between the three, the area covers a wide range of ability levels - from accessible beginner terrain and wide groomed runs through to above-treeline bowls, expert chutes, and off-piste skiing.
