Alberta · Canada · ski area
Marmot Basin ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Marmot Basin is a ski area in Alberta, Canada with 37 km of mapped downhill runs and 6 lifts, between 1,723 m and 2,503 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 37 km
- Lifts
- 6
- Top elevation
- 2,503 m
- Vertical drop
- 780 m
- Nearest airport
- YZU · 215 km
Slopes by difficulty
76 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 6 Chairlifts
Marmot Basin is a ski area in Alberta, Canada. Its 76 mapped downhill runs add up to 37 km, which ranks it #23 of 403 ski areas in Canada and gives it 1% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 489 m long.
Slopes at Marmot Basin
About 26% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 22% intermediate and 50% advanced or expert, which makes Marmot Basin best suited to confident and advanced skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 6 lifts: 6 chairlifts. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,723 m up to 2,503 m, a vertical drop of 780 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.
Getting to Marmot Basin
The nearest airport is Whitecourt Airport (YZU), about 215 km away in a straight line — roughly 4 h 39 min by car; Grande Prairie Airport (YQU) is 270 km away.
Nearest airports to Marmot Basin
- 1 YZU215 kmstraight line
- 2 YQU270 kmstraight line
- 3 YWL276 kmstraight line
- 4 YKA283 kmstraight line
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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.