Canada Winter Tours, ages 18-35 Ski Banff,

Meet up with your tour leader and the rest of your group at Calgary International Airport or a designated hotel in Calgary. You’ll be whisked off to Banff, a popular tourist town located inside Banff National Park.

Banff is nestled in the Rocky Mountains, and you have three resorts to choose from for skiing and boarding. Mt. Norquay, Lake Louise and Sunshine Village all offer a solid mix of relaxed and adventurous terrain and the change to get nose-deep in powder again. Banff’s epic range of bars means there are countess places to choose from should you be keen to burn the candle at both ends.

For some the mountains are going to call you back, to try out a new resort or head back to one of your favourites. Or, you may opt to see Banff’s beauty from another angle today. Book an optional helicopter ride over the snow-laden mountains, or go for a hike on the Johnston Canyon Ice walk which can only be described as spectacular. With thundering waterfalls, imposing cliffs and ice tentacles everywhere, it’s a perilous nature lovers paradise. Come the evening, we’ll re-group and swap stories, while soaking in the hot springs.

For a change of pace you can choose to give cross-country skiing a whirl at Sunshine Village, or let the dogs do the work and go dog-sledding. Get artsy in the afternoon at one of the town’s many galleries and poke around the shops. Over a drink tonight we will contemplate some seriously epic days of wintery wonder.

We can’t think of a better way to bid Banff farewell than with a group gondola ride up to Sulphur Mountain. This could possibly be one of the best views you’ll ever see, and the highest views in the Rockies at 2281m overlooking the Bow Valley. Afterwards, we’ll hit the road again and head back to Calgary where the tour will come to an end.