Sulphur Mountain

Sulphur Mountain, known in Nakoda as Mînî Rhuwîn, rises above Banff in Banff National Park and is closely linked to the hot springs that helped make the town famous. Renamed in 1916 from the earlier Terrace Mountain, it includes the commercially developed springs at Cave and Basin and Banff Upper Hot Springs. Its summit ridge, including Sanson Peak, is reached by gondola and hiking routes and offers broad views of the Bow Valley. The mountain also has a notable scientific past: an observatory built in 1903 stood on Sanson Peak, and a later cosmic ray station operated there from 1956–57 until 1978. Its hot spring waters also sustain rare species, including the endangered Banff Springs snail.

Alberta · Canada