The Canadian Ski & Snowboard Guide

Fortress Mountain

Kananaskis, Alberta

Official Website for Fortress

Area Statistics

Trails: 47
Lifts: 4
Lift Capacity: 8,400/hour
Skiable Acres: 935
Vertical (meters): 329
Vertical (feet): 1,079
Annual Snowfall (cm): 630
Annual Snowfall (inches): 248
Novice Terrain: 20%
Intermediate Terrain: 50%
Advanced Terrain: 30%

With just over 935 ski able acres on some of the sweetest snow conditions in the Rockies Fortress Mountain runs off two mountain sides and up another mountain on the backside. The mountain is serviced by four, newly renovated lifts (Triple Chair, 2 Double Chairs, and 2 T-bars) and has a terrain breakdown of 20% beginner, 50% intermediate and 30% advanced.

If you have skied or boarded at Fortress, please feel free to share your experiences.

Your comments ...

On 2007-11-13 chris rowe wrote:

For those of you who don't know, Fortress is having a strugle opening this year due to the provincial government trying to close them down. Thousands of people and various skiing websites have already joined in the fight against the government to reopen our ski resort. I'm asking for you the people and this website to join the fight and help keep our hill open. There is a facebook group going that I started on oct 29 2007 and it's already at 1700 members. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5684962319 And an on-line petition that will be going to the alberta government currently aprox.500 signatures. http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/please-reopen-fortress-mountain.html So I ask Please join with us and spread the word to help save a wonderful ski resort!
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