Matane, Quebec · Canada · ski area
Mont Castor ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Mont Castor is a ski area in Matane, Quebec, Canada with 9.4 km of mapped downhill runs and 3 lifts, between 20 m and 188 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 9.4 km
- Lifts
- 3
- Top elevation
- 188 m
- Vertical drop
- 168 m
- Nearest airport
- YYY · 52 km
Slopes by difficulty
26 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 3 Drag lifts
Mont Castor is a ski area in Matane, Quebec, Canada. Its 26 mapped downhill runs add up to 9.4 km, which ranks it #87 of 403 ski areas in Canada and gives it 0.3% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 360 m long.
Slopes at Mont Castor
About 31% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 40% intermediate and 28% advanced or expert, which makes Mont Castor a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 3 lifts: 3 drag lifts. Most uphill transport is by surface lifts (T-bars, button lifts and tows). Skiing runs from 20 m up to 188 m, a vertical drop of 168 m — typical of a local ski hill.
Getting to Mont Castor
The nearest airport is Mont Joli Airport (YYY), about 52 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 7 min by car; Baie-Comeau Airport (YBC) is 63 km away. Nearby ski areas include Val-d'Irène (15.2 km), Vertigo Aventures, Parc du Mont-Comi (10.3 km) and Touring - Refuge Coyote (1.5 km), which together add 35 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Mont Castor
- 1 YYY52 kmstraight line
- 2 YBC63 kmstraight line
- 3 YVB172 kmstraight line
- 4 ZBF184 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Mont Castor
- 32 kmVal-d'Irène15 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 688 m
- 46 kmVertigo AventuresSmall ski area
- 58 kmParc du Mont-Comi10 km of slopes · 4 lifts · up to 569 m
- 61 kmTouring - Refuge Coyote1.5 km of slopes · up to 712 m
- 70 kmStation Petit Chic-Chocs2.8 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 206 m
- 74 kmMont Ti-Basse5.2 km of slopes · 4 lifts · up to 180 m
- 82 kmVal Neigette11 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 280 m
- 84 kmCPA Haute Gaspesie5.1 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 201 m
- 98 kmPetit Chamonix5.1 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 151 m
- 108 kmSugarloaf Provincial Park9.0 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 200 m
- 115 kmMont Biencourt5.7 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 408 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.