Marmot Basin, Canada
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About Marmot Basin
Village 1,729 m. Facts: verified.
A ski resort with its village at 1,729 m and its top at 2,601 m. It has 37 km of runs and 6 lifts, as mapped on OpenStreetMap. The runs drop 877 m, from 2,601 m to 1,724 m. For beginners and families: 48% of the km of runs are green or blue (beginner to intermediate). For experts: 19 km of advanced, expert and freeride runs. It is usually in season from December to April. The snow is usually deepest in February, about 1.8 m at the top (2,601 m). For skiers the best month is usually March, with about 7 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Jasper.
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.
From the Wikipedia article Marmot Basin, shortened. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
The ski area
Runs from 1,724 m to 2,601 m: 877 m of vertical. 37 km of runs and 6 lifts, as mapped on OpenStreetMap for Marmot Basin.
| Easy | 9.6 km |
|---|---|
| Intermediate | 8.1 km |
| Advanced | 19 km |
| Not graded | 1.0 km |
| Chairlifts | 6 |
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Measured along each mapped run, so it can differ from the resort's own figure. Ski area data © OpenSkiMap.org and OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
For families
48% of the km of runs are green or blue (beginner to intermediate).
No public pool, ice rink, leisure centre, ski school or childcare is mapped within 5 km of the village. That may mean nobody has mapped them yet.
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Accommodation.
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Lifts closed for the season. They usually open about 25 November.
Forecast
The score, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoor
| Day | Score | Fresh72 h | Depthtop, mid, base | Coldestat top | Windat top |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 18Oct | 0, poor | 0 cm | 0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m | -6°C | wind, 5 knots |
| Mon 19Oct | 0, poor | 0 cm | 0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m | -5°C | wind, 4 knots |
| Tue 20Oct | 0, poor | 0 cm | 0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m | -6°C | wind, 6 knots |
| Wed 21Oct | 0, poor | 0 cm | 0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m | -2°C | wind, 6 knots |
| Thu 22Oct | 0, poor | 1 cm | 0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m | -2°C | wind, 5 knots |
| Fri 23Oct | 0, poor | 1 cm | 0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m | -8°C | wind, 7 knots |
| Sat 24Oct | 0, poor | 1 cm | 0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m | -11°C | wind, 8 knots |
| Sun 25Oct | 0, poor | 0 cm | 0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m | -12°C | wind, 8 knots |
Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to.
Snow by month
| Month | Base1,729 m | Mid2,165 m | Top2,601 m | Coldestat the top |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct | 0.2 m | 0.3 m | 0.3 m | -9°C |
| Nov | 0.6 m | 0.9 m | 0.9 m | -15°C |
| Dec | 1.0 m | 1.3 m | 1.3 m | -18°C |
| Jan | 1.1 m | 1.5 m | 1.5 m | -17°C |
| Feb | 1.3 m | 1.8 m | 1.8 m | -19°C |
| Mar | 1.3 m | 1.8 m | 1.8 m | -14°C |
| Apr | 1.3 m | 1.8 m | 1.8 m | -10°C |
| May | 1.0 m | 1.4 m | 1.4 m | -4°C |
| Jun | 0.1 m | 0.4 m | 0.4 m | 0°C |
Typical snow on the ground in the village, halfway up and at the top: the middle value over 2016 to 2025, from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the grid cell nearest each height. Not a forecast, and not the groomed pistes: resorts make snow lower down.
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6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago. Change dates
- Mon 19 OctTravel out
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- Tue 20 OctLifts closed
Out of season.
- Wed 21 OctLifts closed
Out of season.
- Thu 22 OctLifts closed
Out of season.
- Fri 23 OctLifts closed
Out of season.
- Sat 24 OctLifts closed
Out of season.
- Sun 25 OctTravel home
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