Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre
Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre is a ski area located in the province of Ontario in Canada. The resort is in the town of North York, ON.
We recently ranked all of Ontario's ski resorts, so you can see where Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Season Passes
Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre 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 Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre. To purchase season passes, you'll need to visit Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre's website.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre Terrain Overview
Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre has a total of 4 ski trails, which are serviced by 3 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre is considered a smaller than average ski area, with only a maximum of 6 acres available to ski. This area is equivalent to 2 hectares, 0.0 square miles, or 0.0 square kilometers.
Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre's slopes see on average 100 inches (2.5 meters) of snowfall a year.
Total Runs
4
Lifts
3
Skiable Acres
6(0 km2)
Annual Snowfall
100"(254 cm)
Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre Elevation
Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre has a summit elevation of 633 feet, or 193 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 523 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 110 feet (34 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre has a very low summit elevation. The summit of this park is one of the smaller ones in the country.
Summit Elevation
633'(193 m)
Vertical Drop
110'(34 m)
Base Elevation
523'(159 m)
Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
22.3out 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
Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre has 6 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Since Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre is an extremely beginner-friendly ski area, it has 20% of its trails are rated as "beginner-level". 80% trails are rated as intermediate.
Beginner
20%(1 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
80%(5 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
0%(0 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 Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre good for beginners?
Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre is a very beginner-friendly course. In fact, it is one of the easiest ski slopes in all of North America, ranking in the bottom 10% of overall difficulty. 20% of its trails are rated as "beginner".
Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre Location
Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre is located in the province of Ontario, Canada. This ski area is nearest the town of North York, ON.
Address:
North York, ON M3H 3P8 Canada
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Website:
toronto.ca/data/parks/prd/facilities/complex/2766/index.html
GPS Coordinates:
43.75300, -79.43200
Getting to Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre), its coordinates of 43.75300, -79.43200 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of North York, ON 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 Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lester B. Pearson International Airport | YYZ | Toronto, ON | 18 km |
| Buffalo Niagara International Airport | BUF | Buffalo, NY | 107 km |
| Syracuse Hancock International Airport | SYR | Syracuse, NY | 278 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 Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Bishop Toronto City Centre Airport | YTZ | Toronto, ON | 14 km |
| John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport | YHM | Hamilton, ON | 76 km |
| Niagara Falls International Airport | IAG | Niagara Falls, NY | 82 km |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre, 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 Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uplands Ski Centre | Thornhill, ON | 656 ft | 13% | 8 km |
| Centennial Park Ski & Snowboard Centre | Etobicoke, ON | 557 ft | 18% | 17 km |
| Mount Chinguacousy | Brampton, ON | 777 ft | 13% | 24 km |
| Dagmar Resort | Uxbridge, ON | 653 ft | 18% | 41 km |
| Skyloft Ski Resort | Uxbridge, ON | 1,330 ft | 34% | 42 km |
| Lakeridge Resort | Uxbridge, ON | 1,213 ft | 23% | 42 km |
| Glen Eden | Milton, ON | 1,049 ft | 13% | 50 km |
| Hockley Valley Resort | Mono, ON | 1,387 ft | 46% | 55 km |
| Mansfield Ski Club | Mansfield, ON | 1,227 ft | 41% | 70 km |
| Brimacombe | Orono, ON | 1,020 ft | 23% | 75 km |
| Sugarloaf | Carrabassett Valley, ME | 4,237 ft | 67% | 78 km |
| Snow Valley Ski Resort | Minesing, ON | 1,053 ft | 30% | 79 km |
| Devil's Elbow Ski Area | Bethany, ON | 0 ft | 29% | 86 km |
| Chicopee | Kitchener, ON | 1,213 ft | 33% | 87 km |
| Horseshoe Resort | Barrie, ON | 1,332 ft | 37% | 90 km |
| Mount St. Louis Moonstone | Coldwater, ON | 1,252 ft | 29% | 99 km |
| Blue Mountain | The Blue Mountains, ON | 1,482 ft | 46% | 109 km |
| Kissing Bridge | Glenwood, NY | 1,750 ft | 35% | 142 km |
| Batawa Ski Hill | Batawa, ON | 262 ft | 39% | 154 km |
Earl Bales Ski & Snowboard Centre Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 633 ft |
| Base Elevation | 523 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 110 ft |
| Trails | 4 (20% Beginner, 80% Intermediate, 0% Expert) |
| Lifts | 3 |
| Skiable Acres | 6 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 100 inches |