Mont Bélu
Mont Bélu is a ski area located in the province of Quebec in Canada. The resort is in the town of La Baie, QC.
We recently ranked all of Quebec's ski resorts, so you can see where Mont Bélu stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Season Passes
Mont Bélu is not a part of any nationwide lift ticket system. Passes such as Epic, IKON, or Mountain Collective allow pass holders to ski at multiple mountians with a single purchase. Unfortunately, none of those passes work with Mont Bélu. To purchase season passes, you'll need to visit Mont Bélu's website.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at Mont Bélu around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
Mont Bélu Terrain Overview
Mont Bélu has a total of 10 ski trails, which are serviced by 2 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Mont Bélu is considered a smaller than average ski area, with only a maximum of 120 acres available to ski. This area is equivalent to 49 hectares, 0.2 square miles, or 0.5 square kilometers.
Mont Bélu's slopes see on average 300 inches (7.6 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 25 feet every year!
Total Runs
10
Lifts
2
Skiable Acres
120(0 km2)
Annual Snowfall
300"(762 cm)
Mont Bélu Elevation
Mont Bélu has a summit elevation of 623 feet, or 190 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 23 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 600 feet (183 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
Mont Bélu has a very low summit elevation. The summit of this park is one of the smaller ones in the country.
Summit Elevation
623'(190 m)
Vertical Drop
600'(183 m)
Base Elevation
23'(7 m)
Mont Bélu Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
35.6out of 100
DID YOU KNOW?
At Parks & Trips, we've created a proprietary Difficulty Score that attempts to show how difficult a particular ski slope is. We get to this number by combining a number of metrics for each resort and comparing them to its peers. Most of the score is based off the amount of easy-intermediate-expert slopes by acreage and the maximum vertical drop of the overall resort, but also includes a few lesser-used metrics as well.
Our algorithm compares each resort’s metrics with all others in North America, then assigns each a Difficulty Score, which we use to rank them accordingly. Resorts with a lower score are easier to ski than those with a higher one. However, a high score does not mean that the resort does not have any easy slopes, or vice versa. This is just an overall score given to the resort based on all its metrics grouped together.
Skiable Terrain by Difficulty Level
Mont Bélu has 120 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Mont Bélu is a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 23% of its trails as easy. However, it also has a fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 77%.
Beginner
23%(28 acres)
Beginner trails (identified by a green circle) are the easiest trails on the hill with a gradual 25% or less gradient, and are usually wide to accommodate beginner skiers.
Intermediate
55%(66 acres)
Intermediate trails (identified by a blue square) are usually the most popular and crowded runs, which have a slope of anywhere between 25-40%.
Expert
22%(26 acres)
Expert trails (identified by a black diamond... or two) are the hardest slopes on the mountain, and have very steep gradients over 40%.
Is Mont Bélu good for beginners?
Mont Bélu can be beginner-friendly, depending on the runs you take. While it ranks in the lower half of all North American ski areas in terms of overall difficulty, it still has 77% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.
Mont Bélu Location
Mont Bélu is located in the province of Quebec, Canada. This ski area is nearest the town of La Baie, QC.
Address:
La Baie, QC G7B 3P6 Canada
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Website:
montbelu.com
GPS Coordinates:
48.32400, -70.83900
Getting to Mont Bélu
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Mont Bélu), its coordinates of 48.32400, -70.83900 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of La Baie, QC to get close.
By Air: If you are coming in from across the country, then you may need to board an airplane to get here.
A large airport has scheduled major airline service with millions of passengers per year. This type of airport always accepts international flights. Here are the closest large airport(s) to Mont Bélu.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport | YQB | Quebec, QC | 175 km |
A medium-sized airport has scheduled regional airline service. This type of airport may or may not accept international flights. Here are the closest medium-sized airport(s) to Mont Bélu.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFB Bagotville | YBG | Bagotville, QC | 12 km |
| Alma Airport | YTF | Alma, QC | 63 km |
| Roberval Airport | YRJ | Roberval, QC | 107 km |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Mont Bélu, but we didn't list them here due to the fact that no major airlines go through them.
Other Nearby Ski Resorts
Skiers will - especially if coming from far away - try and visit a couple different slopes all in the same trip. Here are the closest other ski slopes within 100 miles of Mont Bélu.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont Fortin | Seauenay, QC | 403 ft | 42% | 31 km |
| Le Valinouët | Saint-David-de-Falardeau, QC | 2,658 ft | 43% | 37 km |
| Mont Édouard | L'Anse-Saint-Jean, QC | 2,133 ft | 57% | 44 km |
| Mont Lac-Vert | Hébertville, QC | 951 ft | 46% | 57 km |
| Mont Villa Saguenay | Alma, QC | 276 ft | 22% | 63 km |
| Mont Grand-Fonds | La Malbaie, QC | 2,412 ft | 46% | 82 km |
| Le Massif | Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, QC | 2,645 ft | 64% | 118 km |
| Do-Mi-Ski | Dolbeau-Mistassini, QC | 518 ft | 15% | 121 km |
| Station Plein Air Saint-Pacôme | St-Pacome, QC | 0 ft | 0% | 121 km |
| Club Tobo-Ski | Saint-Félicien, QC | 910 ft | 38% | 126 km |
| Mont Saint-Mathieu | Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux, QC | 1,105 ft | 41% | 137 km |
| Mont-Sainte-Anne | Beaupre, QC | 2,625 ft | 49% | 138 km |
| Stoneham Mountain | Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, QC | 2,075 ft | 50% | 150 km |
| Le Relais | Lac-Beauport, QC | 429 ft | 43% | 157 km |
Mont Bélu Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 623 ft |
| Base Elevation | 23 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 600 ft |
| Trails | 10 (23% Beginner, 55% Intermediate, 22% Expert) |
| Lifts | 2 |
| Skiable Acres | 120 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 300 inches |