A beautiful day dawned over the hostel where we stayed in Banff. It's a good thing because we had a busy day ahead.
First stop was the Banff/Sulphur Mountain gondola to the top of Sulphur Mountain.
This another of those Brewster-built attractions. There is - and has been for years - a "strenuous" trail up Sulphur Mountain. The trail is 5.5 km (3.41 miles), gains 655 meters (2,149 feet) in altitude and takes 2-1/2 to 3 hours to get up.
The gondola is much easier.
And the views are spectacular.
Once at the top, whether by foot or by gondola, there are viewing platforms and boardwalks across the ridge between peaks and the views of the Bow River Valley...I have no words.
After the gondola ride back down the mountain, we were off to Lake Minnewanka. But that's another story.
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