Marmot Basin
Template:Advert Template:Short description Template:Infobox ski area Marmot Basin is an alpine ski area located on Marmot Mountain in Alberta's Jasper National Park. It has 91 named runs on four mountain faces with 3,000 vertical feet of drop. The area has a lift capacity of close to 12,000 skiers per hour on seven lifts. The season runs from mid-November to early May. It is located twenty minutes south of Jasper and has two million visitors annually.
Amenities
Marmot Basin rents skis, snowboards, boots, and poles. The Snow Sports School offers lessons and children's programs.
There are three mountain day lodges: Caribou Chalet at the base of the ski hill and the Eagle and Paradise Chalets that are mid-mountain. There is no overnight on-mountain lodging at Marmot Basin.
Marmot Basin has three terrain parks – lower, mid, and upper mountain – with rail slides, table tops, and jumps.
Lift system
| Lift Name | Vertical Rise |
Type | Make | Build Year | ||
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| Canadian Rockies Express | 596m (1955') | High speed quad | Leitner-Poma | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Eagle Express | 320m (1050') | Doppelmayr | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Paradise Express | 410m (1345') | Leitner-Poma | 2011<ref name="ft"/> | |||
| School House | 122m (400') | Triple | Doppelmayr | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Knob | 270m (900') | Fixed grip quad | 2023 | |||
| Eagle Ridge | 307m (1007') | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Magic Carpet | 8m (26') | citation | CitationClass=web
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Former lifts
- Tranquilizer Chair (Double Chair) - 1968<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Kiefer T-Bar (T-Bar) - 1974<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- School House T-Bar (T-Bar) - 1964<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Caribou Chair (Double Chair) - 1971 - Retired 2011
- Spillway T-Bar (T-Bar) - 1986 - Removed 1990
- Knob Chair (Double Chair) 1976 - Retired 2023
Photos
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Lower Mountain
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Town of Jasper from the Eagle Ridge lift
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Powder day at Marmot Basin
See also
References
External links
Template:Ski resorts in the Canadian Rockies Template:Ski areas and resorts in Alberta