Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ski Area

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ski Area is a ski area located in the province of British Columbia in Canada. The resort is in the town of Fairmont Hot Springs, BC. We recently ranked all of British Columbia's ski resorts, so you can see where Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ski Area stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ski Area is not a part of any nationwide lift pass 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 with with Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ski Area.

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ski Area Lodging:

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ski Area Terrain Overview

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ski Area has a total of 14 ski trails, which are serviced by 4 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ski Area 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 square miles, or 0 square kilometers.

Total Runs
14

Lifts
4

Skiable Acres
60(0 km²)

Annual Snowfall
N/A

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ski Area Elevation

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ski Area has a summit elevation of 5,200 feet, or 1,585 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 4,200 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 1,000 feet (305 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ski Area's summit elevation is higher than average. There are a lot of ski slopes that are much higher than this one (some stretch to 12,000 feet!), but it is not small by any stretch of the imagination.

Summit Elevation
5,200'(1,585 m)

Vertical Drop
1,000'(305 m)

Base Elevation
4,200'(1,280 m)

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ski Area Difficulty Level

Difficulty Score^™
42.2out of 100

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Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ski Area can be beginner-friendly, but it depends on the ski trails you ride. While it ranks in the lower half of all North American ski areas in terms of overall difficulty, it still has 75% of its trails rated at or above intermediate ski level.

Skiiable Area by Difficulty Level

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ski Area has 60 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.

Beginner
25%(15 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
42%(25 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
33%(20 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 Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ski Area good for beginners?

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ski Area 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 75% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ski Area Location

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ski Area is located in the province of British Columbia, Canada. This ski area is nearby the town of Fairmont Hot Springs, BC.

Getting to Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ski Area

By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ski Area), its coordinates of 50.33800, -115.82700 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Fairmont Hot Springs, BC 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 Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ski Area.

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 Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ski Area.

There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ski Area, 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 Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ski Area.

Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Ski Area Mountain Stats