Here are some of the good trails, for hiking or cross-country skiing, that are accessible from the town of Banff:
- Sulphur Mountin
- From Cave & Basin to top of Sulphur Mountain (Sanson Peak)(hard)
- Sulphur Mountain Loop
- From Bow Falls up the Spray River on one side of Sulphur Mountain, and back down Sundance Creek to Vermillion Lakes on the other side of Sulphur Mountain (long)
- Tunnel Mountain Peak
- From the Banff Center to the top of Tunnel Mountain (short & easy)
- Hoodoos
- From the Banff Centre to the Hoodoos (short & easy)
- Mount Rundle Peak
- From Bow Falls to the top of Mount Rundle (hard)
- Stoney Squaw Mountain
- From the top of Mount Norquary Road to the top of Stoney Squaw Mountain (hard)
- Cacade Mountain
- From the top of Mount Norquay Road up the back of Cascade Mountain (really hard)
- Mount Rundle to Canmore
- Along the south bank of the Bow and along the base of Mount Rundle to Canmore (by the Nordic Centre)
- Lake Minnewanka
- From just inside the Park Gates, up Carrot Creek around to the far side of Lake Minnewanka.
- Healy Pass Trail (shown, above) From the Sunhine Village parking lot, this 22 km trail takes you to the Continental Divide with stunning views of Mount Assiniboine and of Pharaoh Lake