Sunshine Mountain Lodge

Beautiful up in the mountains and excellent hiking

Good customer service

Loved the stay

Sunshine lodge saved the trip for me. I made bookings around 3 weeks before my trip due to uncertainty and everything else in banff was $600+ per night. However sunshine lodge came around $400 USD per night. It’s still expensive but totally worth it. It’s a 4 star property located on a mountain. Gondola is included in summers. I visited mid September. They also provided complimentary shuttle when gondola wasn’t running after 6pm. They have hot tub, sauna and an amazing restaurant just outside the lodge. We enjoyed all of that. One thing I noted in check in instructions is the rules are very different in winter. I think Gondola is not included in your stay and you pay extra $125 if you arrive after gondola hrs. and want to utilize shuttle services. So please make sure you know all these aspects. Another thing to notice is that it’s located between banff and lake louise so it’s inside the national park and you need park pass. It’s about 20 mns drive to banff but it’s also convenient when you are traveling on the other side to Icefield parkway, lake louise or Jasper. So I feel it’s more convenient than Canmore. The only complaint I have is that after paying everything in advance, they still charged a $22 resort fee per night. Although it’s not a deal breaker. I still highly recommend this property.