Alberta · Canada · ski area
Medicine Lodge Ski Area ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Medicine Lodge Ski Area is a ski area in Alberta, Canada with 4.8 km of mapped downhill runs and 4 lifts, between 1,003 m and 1,116 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 4.8 km
- Lifts
- 4
- Top elevation
- 1,116 m
- Vertical drop
- 113 m
- Nearest airport
- YEG · 105 km
Slopes by difficulty
17 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 3 Rope tows
- 1 T-bars
Medicine Lodge Ski Area is a ski area in Alberta, Canada. Its 17 mapped downhill runs add up to 4.8 km, which ranks it #154 of 403 ski areas in Canada and gives it 0.1% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 285 m long.
Slopes at Medicine Lodge Ski Area
About 19% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 45% intermediate and 36% advanced or expert, which makes Medicine Lodge Ski Area best suited to confident and advanced skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 4 lifts: 3 rope tows, 1 t-bar. Most uphill transport is by surface lifts (T-bars, button lifts and tows). Skiing runs from 1,003 m up to 1,116 m, a vertical drop of 113 m — typical of a local ski hill.
Getting to Medicine Lodge Ski Area
The nearest airport is Edmonton International Airport (YEG), about 105 km away in a straight line — roughly 2 h 17 min by car; Calgary International Airport (YYC) is 149 km away. Nearby ski areas include Canyon Ski Resort (Ski Red Deer) (9.6 km), Innisfail (0.8 km), Gwynne Valley (0.9 km) and Rotary-Pembina Nordic Community Trails North Trail System, which together add 14 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Medicine Lodge Ski Area
- 1 YEG105 kmstraight line
- 2 YYC149 kmstraight line
- 3 YZU214 kmstraight line
- 4 YLL296 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Medicine Lodge Ski Area
- 42 kmCanyon Ski Resort (Ski Red Deer)9.6 km of slopes · 6 lifts · up to 969 m
- 51 kmInnisfail0.8 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 954 m
- 92 kmGwynne Valley0.9 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 742 m
- 99 kmRotary-Pembina Nordic Community Trails North Trail Systemup to 812 m
- 110 kmRabbit Hill Snow Resort2.6 km of slopes · 8 lifts · up to 702 m
- 114 kmCamrose Nordic Centreup to 740 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.