Marmot Basin
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| Marmot Basin | |
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  Marmot Basin Location within Alberta  Marmot Basin Marmot Basin (Canada) | |
| Location | Jasper National Park |
| Nearest major city | Edmonton, Alberta: 365 km (227 mi) |
| Coordinates | 52°48′04″N 118°05′04″W / 52.80111°N 118.08444°W |
| Vertical | 914 m(3,000 ft) |
| Top elevation | 2,612 m (8,570 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,698 m (5,570 ft) |
| Skiable area | 6.8 km² |
| Trails | 91 30% - Novice  30% - Intermediate  20% - Advanced  20% - Expert |
| Longest run | 5.6 km |
| Lift system | 6 chairlifts 1 magic carpet |
| Terrain parks | 3 |
| Snowfall | 440 cm/season (173 in./yr) |
| Snowmaking | Lower Area |
| Website | Ski Marmot |
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.
Lift system
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 Name | Vertical Rise |
Type | Make | Build Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Rockies Express | 596m (1955') | High speed quad | Leitner-Poma | 2009[1] |
| Eagle Express | 320m (1050') | Doppelmayr | 1990[2] | |
| Paradise Express | 410m (1345') | Leitner-Poma | 2011[3] | |
| School House | 122m (400') | Triple | Doppelmayr | 2011 (moved from 1982[4] location)[3] |
| Knob | 270m (900') | Fixed grip quad | 2023 | |
| Eagle Ridge | 307m (1007') | 2001[5] | ||
| Magic Carpet | 8m (26') | Conveyor lift | 2003[6] |
Former lifts
- Tranquilizer Chair (Double Chair) - 1968[7] - Removed 2009[1]
- Kiefer T-Bar (T-Bar) - 1974[8] - Removed 2009[1]
- School House T-Bar (T-Bar) - 1964[9] - Removed 2011[3]
- Caribou Chair (Double Chair) - 1971 - Retired 2011
- Spillway T-Bar (T-Bar) - 1986 - Removed 1990
- Knob Chair (Double Chair) 1976 - Retired 2023
Photos
Lower Mountain
Town of Jasper from the Eagle Ridge lift
Powder day at Marmot Basin
