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The Summit Sky Report

Ruth Callaghan, retired Environment Canada. An independent weather and visibility guide, not affiliated with any lift or attraction operator.

An independent weather and visibility guide, not affiliated with any lift or attraction operator.

Is the summit visible today?

That is the only question this log answers. If the ridge is in cloud, the ride is a grey zero. If the deck is clear, the summit is worth the morning.

The town of Banff and the Bow Valley seen from the summit of Sulphur Mountain
Valley from Sulphur Mountain on a clear day. Photograph by Ethan Sahagun, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

I spent twenty-five years watching the cloud deck for Environment Canada. Retirement in Banff did not stop the habit. I still look south at the ridge before I tell anyone to go up.

This is not a planning magazine and it is not a ticket counter. Tickets are someone else’s business. I only say whether the summit is there to be seen.