Alberta · Canada · ski area
Fortress Mountain Resort ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Fortress Mountain Resort is a ski area in Alberta, Canada with 31 km of mapped downhill runs, between 1,981 m and 2,314 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 31 km
- Lifts
- —
- Top elevation
- 2,314 m
- Vertical drop
- 333 m
- Nearest airport
- YYC · 91 km
Slopes by difficulty
53 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Fortress Mountain Resort is a ski area in Alberta, Canada. Its 53 mapped downhill runs add up to 31 km, which ranks it #26 of 403 ski areas in Canada and gives it 0.9% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 593 m long.
Slopes at Fortress Mountain Resort
About 18% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 34% intermediate and 46% advanced or expert, which makes Fortress Mountain Resort best suited to confident and advanced skiers.
Lifts and elevation
Skiing runs from 1,981 m up to 2,314 m, a vertical drop of 333 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.
Getting to Fortress Mountain Resort
The nearest airport is Calgary International Airport (YYC), about 91 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 58 min by car; Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC) is 140 km away. Nearby ski areas include Mt. Shark, Ribbon Creek, Nakiska (27.2 km) and Kananaskis Lakes Cross Country Ski Trails, which together add 27 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Fortress Mountain Resort
- 1 YYC91 kmstraight line
- 2 YXC140 kmstraight line
- 3 YQL217 kmstraight line
- 4 YCG241 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Fortress Mountain Resort
- 12 kmMt. Sharkup to 1,824 m
- 13 kmRibbon Creekup to 2,077 m
- 15 kmNakiska27 km of slopes · 7 lifts · up to 2,265 m
- 15 kmKananaskis Lakes Cross Country Ski Trailsup to 2,122 m
- 33 kmCanmore Nordic Centreup to 1,548 m
- 46 kmNipikaup to 1,154 m
- 49 kmBanff Sunshine Village77 km of slopes · 14 lifts · up to 2,686 m
- 50 kmMt Norquay25 km of slopes · 7 lifts · up to 2,092 m
- 68 kmFairmont Hot Springs13 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 1,477 m
- 76 kmWinSport (Canada Olympic Park)3.2 km of slopes · 7 lifts · up to 1,267 m
- 82 kmPanorama Mountain Resort74 km of slopes · 10 lifts · up to 2,368 m
- 90 kmWapiti8.9 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 1,649 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.