Marmot Basin
Marmot Basin is an alpine ski area located in Alberta's Jasper National Park. It has offered a broad variety of basin and glade skiing since it first served enthusiasts in 1961 with a single rope tow driven by a truck engine.
Marmot Basin has grown in the approximately 40 years it has operated to include 84 named runs on 3000 vertical feet of drop, and a lift capacity of close to 12000 skiers per hour on nine lifts. With 30 percent novice runs, 30 percent intermediate runs, and 40 percent expert runs, Marmot is well-balanced in the terrain it offers to skiiers.
Marmot Basin is located twenty minutes south of the town of Jasper, which provides for the needs of some three million visitors a year. Jasper National Park offers Rocky Mountain vistas, hiking and trail riding tours, whitewater rafting, and other year-round attractions.