Mont Cascades
Mont Cascades is a ski area located in the province of Quebec in Canada. The resort is in the town of Cantley, QC.
We recently ranked all of Quebec's ski resorts, so you can see where Mont Cascades stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Season Passes
Mont Cascades 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 Cascades. To purchase season passes, you'll need to visit Mont Cascades's website.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at Mont Cascades around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
Mont Cascades Terrain Overview
Mont Cascades has a total of 20 ski trails, which are serviced by 5 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Mont Cascades is considered a smaller than average ski area, with only a maximum of 60 acres available to ski. This area is equivalent to 24 hectares, 0.1 square miles, or 0.2 square kilometers.
Mont Cascades's slopes see on average 120 inches (3.0 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 10 feet every year!
Total Runs
20
Lifts
5
Skiable Acres
60(0 km2)
Annual Snowfall
120"(305 cm)
Mont Cascades Elevation
Mont Cascades has a summit elevation of 1,286 feet, or 392 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 761 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 525 feet (160 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
Mont Cascades has a very low summit elevation. The summit of this park is one of the smaller ones in the country.
Summit Elevation
1,286'(392 m)
Vertical Drop
525'(160 m)
Base Elevation
761'(232 m)
Mont Cascades Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
36.2out 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 Cascades has 60 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Mont Cascades is a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 15% of its trails as easy. However, it also has a fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 85%.
Beginner
15%(9 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
65%(39 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
20%(12 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 Cascades good for beginners?
Mont Cascades 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 85% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.
Mont Cascades Location
Mont Cascades is located in the province of Quebec, Canada. This ski area is nearest the town of Cantley, QC.
Address:
Cantley, QC J8V 3B2 Canada
View on Google Maps
Website:
montcascades.ca/ski
GPS Coordinates:
45.59300, -75.84900
Getting to Mont Cascades
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Mont Cascades), its coordinates of 45.59300, -75.84900 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Cantley, 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 Cascades.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport | YOW | Ottawa, ON | 33 km |
| Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport | YUL | Montréal, QC | 165 km |
| Syracuse Hancock International Airport | SYR | Syracuse, NY | 276 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 Cascades.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa / Gatineau Airport | YND | Gatineau, QC | 24 km |
| Massena International Richards Field | MSS | Massena, NY | 107 km |
| Mont-Tremblant International Airport | YTM | La Macaza, QC | 123 km |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Mont Cascades, 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 Cascades.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sommet Edelweiss | Wakefield, QC | 1,148 ft | 33% | 6 km |
| Vorlage | Wakefield, QC | 787 ft | 34% | 9 km |
| Camp Fortune | Chelsea, QC | 650 ft | 39% | 9 km |
| Mont Ste-Marie | Lac-Sainte-Marie, QC | 1,811 ft | 49% | 39 km |
| Mount Pakenham | Pakenham, ON | 719 ft | 27% | 48 km |
| Mont Chilly | Pontiac, QC | 1,020 ft | 33% | 78 km |
| Calabogie Peaks | Calabogie, ON | 1,266 ft | 37% | 81 km |
| Mont Rigaud | Rigaud, QC | 571 ft | 43% | 118 km |
| Great Divide | Marysville, MT | 7,210 ft | 59% | 119 km |
| Mont Tremblant | Mont-Tremblant, QC | 2,871 ft | 62% | 119 km |
| Mont Blanc | Saint-Faustin-Lac-Carré, QC | 1,902 ft | 51% | 120 km |
| Mont Avalanche | Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard, QC | 1,820 ft | 33% | 124 km |
| Sommet Morin Heights | Morin-Heights, QC | 1,523 ft | 43% | 127 km |
| Maximise | Ste-Agathe, QC | 1,400 ft | 0% | 131 km |
Mont Cascades Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 1,286 ft |
| Base Elevation | 761 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 525 ft |
| Trails | 20 (15% Beginner, 65% Intermediate, 20% Expert) |
| Lifts | 5 |
| Skiable Acres | 60 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 120 inches |