Marmot Basin

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.

Marmot Basin
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Location	Jasper National Park
Nearest major city	Edmonton, Alberta: 365 km (227 mi)
Coordinates	52°48′04″N 118°05′04″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

Amenities

Marmot Basin has a Rentall & Repair shop that offers rentals of skis, snowboards, boots, and poles. The Snow Sports School offers lessons, clinics, and a variety of children's programs.

There are three mountain day lodges: Caribou Chalet at the base area and Eagle and Paradise Chalets at mid-mountain. There is no current overnight on-mountain lodging at Marmot Basin.

Marmot Basin has three terrain parks on the mountain, which feature various rail slides, table tops, and jumps. Marmot offers a terrain park in the Lower, Mid, and Upper Mountains.

Lift system

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')			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

See also

• List of ski areas and resorts in Canada
• Jasper National Park