300 Mountain Avenue
Alberta - Baniff, Canada, TOL445 Phone: (403) 762-2523 Website Sept. 12 2023, all machines are gone, staff says they were removed a year or two ago.
Banff Gondola is located just 5 minutes from the Town of Banff, on the shoulder of Sulphur Mountain, in the heart of the Canadian Rockies. Built in 1959, the Sulphur Mountain Gondola is the only bi-cable gondola in Canada. The 360° view from the upper gondola terminal, view-decks and Summit Ridge interpretive boardwalk, is the very best vantage point in the west. Safely seated in 4 passenger gondola cabins, visitors are transported in 8 minutes to the summit at an elevation of 7,486 feet (2,281 m) above sea level.
Hours of operation: Winter hours: January 18 through March 12 Monday and Tuesday 10:00 am to 4:30 pm, Wednesday through Sunday 10:00 am to 8:30 pm. Spring hours: March 13 through April 9 Monday and Tuesday 10:00 am to 4:30 pm, Wednesday through Sunday 10:00 am to 9:30 pm. Summer hours: June 26 through September 7 daily 8:00 am to 10:30 pm. September 8 through October 12 daily 8:00 am to 9:30 pm. Fall hours: October 13 through December 17 Monday and Tuesday 10:00 am to 4:30 pm, Wednesday through Sunday 10:00 am to 8:30 pm. Hours subject to change without notice. Call ahead to verify.
Plenty of free parking.
You must pay the entry fee into Banff National Park to access these machines. Once you've entered Banff National Park, you do not have to pay a fee to access the machines at the Banff Gondola facility. It is illegal to press Canadian coins. The change machine here takes one loonie ($1 Canadian coin) and dispenses the loonie back along with an American zinc penny. Bring your own American 95% copper pennies to use if you don't want to use an American zinc penny.
Machine 4 penny machine is located inside the main entry to the right. Cost to press: $1 Canadian coin (a loonie) +1¢ each design. Designs:
1. (H) Downtown Banff and Cascade mountain in the background with 'Banff Avenue & Cascade Mountain'.
2. (H) Gondola traversing the cables in front of a mountain view with 'Sulphur Mountain Gondola Banff National Park'.
3. (H) Skier with 'Downhill Skiing In Banff National Park'.
4. (H) Two Mounties on horseback in front of trees with 'Royal Canadian Mounted Police'.
Retired Machines
Retired 1: 1) Elk with 'Alberta Canada', 2) Bighorn Sheep Head with 'Banff, Alberta', 3) Mountain and Pine Trees with 'Canadian Rockies'.
Retired 2: 1) Bust of Ram facing forward with 'Banff, Alberta', 2) Gondola next to a mountain with 'Sulfur MT. Gondola', 3) First Nation person wearing a headdress with 'Banff Canada'.
Retired 3: 1) Wolf head with 'Calgary Canada', 2) Standing bear with 'Calgary, Canada', 3) Horseshoe and four leaf clover with 'My Lucky Penny'.
Token Machine and change machine (labeled token dispenser) are next to the penny machine. Cost to obtain: $5 each or 3 for $10. Credit cards or $1, $5, or $10 dollar bills accepted. Designs:
Obverse:
1) Grizzly bear with 'Grizzly Bear Banff National Park'.
2) Fairmont Hotel with 'The Fairmont Banff Springs'.
3) Boat on Lake Minnewanka in front of a mountain with 'Lake Minnewanka Banff National Park'.
4) Big Horn Sheep in front on a mountain with 'Big Horn Sheep Banff National Park'.
Reverse for all tokens:
Gondola traversing the cables in front of a mountain view with 'Sulphur Mountain'.
G.P.S. coordinates: Latitude: N51° 8' 53.0844" Longitude: W115° 33' 20.2752""
Google Maps coordinates: 5C2R+F8 Banff, Improvement District No. 9, AB, Canada
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