Red Mountain Resort

Infobox ski area
name= Red Mountain Resort

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location= British Columbia, Canada
nearest_city= Rossland
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vertical= 887m (2,909ft) [Cite web|url=http://www.redresort.com/mountain/trailmap/|title=Trail maps|author=Red Mountain Resort|accessdate=2008-04-16]
top_elevation= 2,072m (6,800ft)
base_elevation= 1,185m (3,888ft)
skiable_area= convert|1686|acre|km2
number_trails= 87 Designated Trails
10% Beginner
45% Intermediate
45% Expert
longest_run= 7km (4.5mi)
liftsystem= 6 total (1 quad chair, 2 triple chairs, 1 double chair, 1 T-bar, 1 Magic Carpet)
lift_capacity= 7,500 skiers/hr
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snowfall= 750cm (300in)
snowmaking= Nil
nightskiing= Nil
external_link= [http://www.redresort.com Red Mountain Resort]

Red Mountain Resort is a ski resort located at Rossland, which is a small former gold mining town in the West Kootenay region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. Red Mountain is one of the oldest ski hills in North America, with a history dating back to the creation of the Red Mountain Ski Club in the first decade of the 1900s. Red Mountain is located in the Monashee Mountains just north of the Canada/US border and like other ski hills in the British Columbia Interior has a reputation for light, dry powder, with yearly snow fall amounts in the range of convert|300|in|m.

The ski area's base elevation is 1185m (3888') and has 887m (2909 ft) of vertical. The resort's two main summits, Red Mountain and Granite Mountain, are serviced by five lifts, a "magic carpet", and a t-bar accessing convert|1585|acre|km2|0 of skiable area in 85 named runs.

Access

The resort is served by resort-owned shuttles from small airports in Trail and Castlegar. The resort shuttle also operates to the nearest international airports are Spokane, Kelowna

ee also

* Red Mountain (Rossland)

References

External links

* [http://www.redresort.com/ Red Mountain Ski Resort]
* [http://www.snowguide.org/ski_area/81/red_mountain.htm Red Mountain Ski Area Information on Snowguide.org]