About Us

The NO GOndola Campaign is a group of concerned citizens in the Bow Valley and beyond who are deeply disturbed about the proposed development of a gondola up the south side of Mt. Lady Macdonald in Canmore.

Key Features

• 3 kms long rising 3,000 feet up Canmore’s Mt. Lady Macdonald

• A day lodge, trail networks, viewing platforms, a suspension bridge & related utility infrastructure

• Located in an active wildlife corridor in Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Park

• Could be approved under the Alberta Government’s All-Season Resorts Act (ASRA)

Key Concerns

• Loss of critical wildlife habitat for bears, elk, wolves, bighorn sheep & more

• Cumulative impact of multiple large & concurrent developments in the Bow River valley

• Potential removal of more than 17 football fields (about 13.9 hectares) of Provincial Park land

• Reduced wildlife movement connectivity in the active wildlife corridor between Banff National Park & Kananaskis Country

• Precedent-setting risk to all Alberta Parks (per the All-Season Resorts Act)

• More traffic/parking problems/noise/waste etc. in an area already highly stressed by over-tourism

• Possible property tax increases due to higher town infrastructure costs (roads, emergency response, wastewater treatment, etc.)

• Unnecessary & redundant: 3 other gondolas are already located nearby in Banff and at the Sunshine & Lake Louise ski resorts

• Albertans already oppose development in parks & public lands

• Could see up to an estimated 300,000 annual users violating a highly fragile alpine environment