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Ski Area Attractions In Alberta

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Alberta is a western province of Canada. With an estimated population of 4,067,175 as of 2016 census, it is Canada's fourth most populous province and the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces. Its area is about 660,000 square kilometres . Alberta and its neighbour Saskatchewan were districts of the Northwest Territories until they were established as provinces on September 1, 1905. The premier has been Rachel Notley since May 2015. Alberta is bounded by the provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S. state of Montana to the south. Alberta is one of three Canad...
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Ski Area Attractions In Alberta

  • 1. Castle Mountain Resort Pincher Creek
    Castle Mountain is a ski resort located in the Westcastle Valley of southwest Alberta, Canada in the Rocky Mountains. It is approximately 270 kilometres from Calgary and the Calgary International Airport; 140 kilometres from Lethbridge; and 50 kilometres west of Pincher Creek. The resort is renowned for long steep runs and an average 9 metres of snowfall yearly. Despite the name, Castle Mountain Resort is not actually on Castle Mountain, which is about 240km away. The resort maintains 78 ski trails including 8 alpine bowls, with 15% beginner, 40% intermediate, 35% advanced, 10% expert terrain. Six lift systems with vertical rises from 445 to 50 m with the highest vertical being 863 m, are operated on the slopes of Mount Haig and Gravenstafel Ridge. Castle Mountain Resort was opened in 1965...
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  • 2. Sunshine Village Banff National Park
    Sunshine Village is a Canadian ski resort, located on the Continental Divide of the Canadian Rockies within Banff National Park in Alberta and Mt Assiniboine Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of three major ski resorts located in the Banff National Park. Because of its location straddling the Continental Divide, Sunshine receives more snow than the neighbouring ski resorts. The Sunshine base area is located 15 kilometres Southwest of the town of Banff, Alberta. By car, it is about a one-hour, thirty-minute drive from the city of Calgary. The Sunshine exit on the Trans Canada Highway is 8 km west of the town of Banff. Sunshine Village ski runs and lifts are accessed via an eight-person high-speed gondola. The gondola takes people from the parking lot to Goat's Eye mount...
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  • 3. Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park Canmore
    Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park is a provincial park in Alberta, Canada, located immediately west of Canmore, 105 km west of Calgary. The park is situated at the foot of Mount Rundle in the Canadian Rockies, along the Bow Valley and the Trans-Canada Highway, at an elevation of 1,400 m and has a surface of 4.5 km2 . It is part of the Kananaskis Country park system.
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  • 7. Nakiska Ski Resort Kananaskis Country
    Nakiska is a ski resort in western Canada, in the Kananaskis Country region of the province of Alberta. It is located 83 km from Calgary, west on Highway 1 and south on Highway 40 . Nakiska is a Cree word meaning to meet or meeting place.Set on the east face of the southern end of Mount Allan, Nakiska has 64 trails with four chairlifts , 1 Reg Magic Carpet and 1 Monster Carpet) set up over an area of 3 km2 . The longest run has 3.3 km , from a top lift-served elevation of 2,258 m to the base at 1,479 m . Nakiska is owned by Resorts of the Canadian Rockies, which also owns the Fernie, Kimberley, Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, Mont Sainte Anne, and Stoneham ski resorts.
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  • 11. Pass Powderkeg Blairmore
    Crowsnest Pass is a low mountain pass across the Continental Divide of the Canadian Rockies on the Alberta–British Columbia border.
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  • 12. Pass Powderkeg Ski Area Blairmore
    Crowsnest Pass is a low mountain pass across the Continental Divide of the Canadian Rockies on the Alberta–British Columbia border.
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  • 13. Rabbit Hill Snow Resort Leduc
    Rabbit Hill is a ski resort located on the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River, southwest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Rabbit Hill Snow Resort is the largest ski and snowboard facility in the Edmonton Area. Home to an award winning Snow School, and one of the largest terrain parks in Northern Alberta. The terrain is suitable for newer skiers and will permit advanced skiers to develop their technique.Rabbit Hill is home to Rabbit Hill Alpine Race Club, Parkland Racers, and Canadian Association for Disabled Skiing- Edmonton.
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  • 14. Canadian Mountain Holidays Banff
    The Canadian Rockies or Canadian Rocky Mountains comprise the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains. They are the eastern part of the Canadian Cordillera, which is a system of multiple ranges of mountains which runs from the Canadian Prairies to the Pacific Coast. The Canadian Rockies mountain system comprises the southeastern part of this system, lying between the Interior Plains of Alberta and Northeastern British Columbia on the east to the Rocky Mountain Trench of BC on the west. The southern end borders Idaho and Montana of the United States. In geographic terms the boundary is at the Canada/US border, but in geological terms it might be considered to be at Marias Pass in northern Montana. The northern end is at the Liard River in northern British Columbia. The Canadi...
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  • 15. Canyon Ski Resort Red Deer
    Canyon Ski Resort is located on the banks of the Red Deer River. It is located 9 km east of Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, along the David Thompson Highway. It has one triple chair, one double chair, two T-bars, a platter tow and a tube tow. Some of its main runs are the Powderhorn, Holiday, and Sun Deck. The resort also hosts a snowboard Terrain Park and Super Pipe run. The vertical drop is 146 m .The main lodge is at the base of the ski runs and is located in a river valley, at the upper end of a steep road. The upper lift stations are at the top of the river valley, in relatively flat prairie farmland. While unloading at the top of the triple chairlift, you see a working oil pump jack and often cattle grazing immediately in front of you. Canyon Ski Resort was one of the first Canadian ski h...
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