Alberta · Canada · ski area
Castle Mountain Resort ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Castle Mountain Resort is a ski area in Alberta, Canada with 55 km of mapped downhill runs and 7 lifts, between 1,408 m and 2,258 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 55 km
- Lifts
- 7
- Top elevation
- 2,258 m
- Vertical drop
- 850 m
- Nearest airport
- YXC · 103 km
Slopes by difficulty
104 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 5 Chairlifts
- 1 T-bars
- 1 Magic carpets
Castle Mountain Resort is a ski area in Alberta, Canada. Its 104 mapped downhill runs add up to 55 km, which ranks it #15 of 403 ski areas in Canada and gives it 1.5% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 526 m long.
Slopes at Castle Mountain Resort
About 36% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 24% intermediate and 32% advanced or expert, which makes Castle Mountain Resort best suited to confident and advanced skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 7 lifts: 5 chairlifts, 1 t-bar, 1 magic carpet. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,408 m up to 2,258 m, a vertical drop of 850 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.
Getting to Castle Mountain Resort
The nearest airport is Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC), about 103 km away in a straight line — roughly 2 h 14 min by car; Glacier Park International Airport (FCA) is 112 km away. Nearby ski areas include Pass Powderkeg ski (8.6 km), Allison-Chinook Cross Country Ski Trails (Crowsnest Pass), Fernie Golf Course and Fernie Alpine Resort (82.3 km), which together add 100 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Castle Mountain Resort
- 1 YXC103 kmstraight line
- 2 FCA112 kmstraight line
- 3 YQL123 kmstraight line
- 4 YYC203 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Castle Mountain Resort
- 32 kmPass Powderkeg ski8.6 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 1,586 m
- 40 kmAllison-Chinook Cross Country Ski Trails (Crowsnest Pass)up to 1,612 m
- 50 kmFernie Golf Courseup to 1,009 m
- 51 kmFernie Alpine Resort82 km of slopes · 10 lifts · up to 2,097 m
- 59 kmIsland Lake Cat SkiingSmall ski area
- 82 kmDog Creek Lodge & Nordic Center
United Statesup to 1,122 m - 87 kmWapiti8.9 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 1,649 m
- 91 kmWhitefish Mountain ResortUnited States84 km of slopes · 16 lifts · up to 2,062 m
- 119 kmTurner MountainUnited States16 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 1,811 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.