British Columbia · Canada · ski area
Fairmont Hot Springs ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Fairmont Hot Springs is a ski area in British Columbia, Canada with 13 km of mapped downhill runs and 3 lifts, between 1,216 m and 1,477 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 13 km
- Lifts
- 3
- Top elevation
- 1,477 m
- Vertical drop
- 261 m
- Nearest airport
- YXC · 81 km
Slopes by difficulty
25 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 1 Button lifts
- 1 Chairlifts
- 1 Magic carpets
Fairmont Hot Springs is a ski area in British Columbia, Canada. Its 25 mapped downhill runs add up to 13 km, which ranks it #66 of 403 ski areas in Canada and gives it 0.4% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 507 m long.
Slopes at Fairmont Hot Springs
About 29% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 47% intermediate and 15% advanced or expert, which makes Fairmont Hot Springs a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 3 lifts: 1 button lift, 1 chairlift, 1 magic carpet. Most uphill transport is by surface lifts (T-bars, button lifts and tows). Skiing runs from 1,216 m up to 1,477 m, a vertical drop of 261 m — typical of a local ski hill.
Getting to Fairmont Hot Springs
The nearest airport is Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC), about 81 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 45 min by car; Calgary International Airport (YYC) is 154 km away. Nearby ski areas include Panorama Mountain Resort (73.7 km), Nipika, Kananaskis Lakes Cross Country Ski Trails and Mt. Shark, which together add 114 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Fairmont Hot Springs
- 1 YXC81 kmstraight line
- 2 YYC154 kmstraight line
- 3 YCG174 kmstraight line
- 4 YQL230 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Fairmont Hot Springs
- 31 kmPanorama Mountain Resort74 km of slopes · 10 lifts · up to 2,368 m
- 31 kmNipikaup to 1,154 m
- 64 kmKananaskis Lakes Cross Country Ski Trailsup to 2,122 m
- 66 kmMt. Sharkup to 1,824 m
- 68 kmFortress Mountain Resort31 km of slopes · up to 2,314 m
- 71 kmWapiti8.9 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 1,649 m
- 74 kmKimberley Alpine Resort60 km of slopes · 5 lifts · up to 1,904 m
- 81 kmRibbon Creekup to 2,077 m
- 82 kmNakiska27 km of slopes · 7 lifts · up to 2,265 m
- 83 kmBanff Sunshine Village77 km of slopes · 14 lifts · up to 2,686 m
- 89 kmCanmore Nordic Centreup to 1,548 m
- 97 kmMt Norquay25 km of slopes · 7 lifts · up to 2,092 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.