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Sulphur Mountain
- Easiest route
- 3.2 km+338 m · about 1.5 h · T4
- Prominence
- 728 m2,390 ft
- Isolation
- 4.0 km
- Tonight
- -15°CPartly cloudy · Wind 6 km/h NW
Sulphur Mountain is a 2,451 m (8,041 ft) mountain in the Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,451 m · 8,041 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mount Rundle (2,948 m)
- Range
- Rocky Mountains
- Region
- Alberta, Canada
- Protected area
- Banff National Park
- Coordinates
- 51.1232° N, 115.5548° W
How to get to the top of Sulphur Mountain
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 3.0 km NNW of Sulphur Mountain
- Distance
- 3.2 kmone way
- Climb
- +338 m−170 m (1,109 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1.5 h
- Difficulty
- T4Alpine: faint path, hands needed in places
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Sulphur Mountain 3D map
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Sulphur Mountain terrain and contours
50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Sulphur Mountain weather
Today · Clear · -15 / -7°C (5 / 19°F) · Wind 6 km/h NW
Sulphur Mountain forecast for the summit, about 2,451 m.
- Today-15°-7°–6 km/h NW
- Sat-13°-4°4.4 mm10 km/h E
- Sun-11°-5°–7 km/h E
- Mon-10°0°–5 km/h SW
- Tue-8°-1°0.5 mm6 km/h SW
- Wed-9°-5°5.1 mm7 km/h E
- Thu-10°-4°5.4 mm6 km/h S
- Fri-15°-8°1.9 mm6 km/h SW
- Sat-18°-9°0.1 mm9 km/h SW
- Sun-12°-7°–7 km/h SW
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.
Camping & parking near Sulphur Mountain
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Sulphur Mountain, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Sp6 - Mount Rundle
Nearest parking
Banff Gondola
Nearest trailhead
Tunnel Mountain Summit Trail Lower Trailhead
Nearest caravan site
Tunnel Mountain Village II
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Sp6 - Mount RundleCampsite | 1.9 km ENE |
| Banff GondolaParking | 2.8 km N |
| Banff Upper Hot SpringsParking | 2.9 km N |
| Public ParkingParking | 4.4 km N |
| Tunnel Mountain Summit Trail Lower TrailheadTrailhead | 5.8 km N |
| Tunnel Mountain Summit Trail Upper TrailheadTrailhead | 6.0 km N |
| Caravan site | 6.6 km NNW |
| Tunnel Mountain Village IICaravan site | 7.2 km N |
| Tunnel Mountain CampgroundCaravan site | 7.4 km N |
How steep is the route to Sulphur Mountain?
The easiest mapped route, 3.2 km from 2,263 m to 2,451 m. Steepest stretch: 24°.
- 0–15°2.7 km
- 15–30°0.5 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 40 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Where Sulphur Mountain sits
- Region
- Alberta66Canada331North America1,313
- Protected area
- Banff National Park17
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Mount RundlePeak · 2,948 m↑6.0 km E
Tunnel MountainPeak · 1,692 m↑6.0 km N
Bow Valley↑7.2 km NE
Mount Lady MacdonaldPeak · 2,606 m↑17 km E
Grotto MountainPeak · 2,706 m↑20 km E
More in the Rocky Mountains 6
Sulphur Mountain downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,454 m at the summit; the official height is 2,451 m.
A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,451 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 2,454 m | +3 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,445 m | -6 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-17)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)