Mont Fortin
Mont Fortin is a ski area located in the province of Quebec in Canada. The resort is in the town of Seauenay, QC.
We recently ranked all of Quebec's ski resorts, so you can see where Mont Fortin stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Season Passes
Mont Fortin 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 Fortin. To purchase season passes, you'll need to visit Mont Fortin's website.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at Mont Fortin around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
Mont Fortin Terrain Overview
Mont Fortin has a total of 11 ski trails, which are serviced by 4 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Mont Fortin is considered a smaller than average ski area, with only a maximum of 35 acres available to ski. This area is equivalent to 14 hectares, 0.1 square miles, or 0.1 square kilometers.
Mont Fortin's slopes see on average 144 inches (3.7 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 12 feet every year!
Total Runs
11
Lifts
4
Skiable Acres
35(0 km2)
Annual Snowfall
144"(366 cm)
Mont Fortin Elevation
Mont Fortin has a summit elevation of 403 feet, or 123 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 103 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 300 feet (91 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
Mont Fortin has a very low summit elevation. The summit of this park is one of the smaller ones in the country.
Summit Elevation
403'(123 m)
Vertical Drop
300'(91 m)
Base Elevation
103'(31 m)
Mont Fortin Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
42.5out 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 Fortin has 35 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Mont Fortin is a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 12% of its trails as easy. However, it also has a fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 88%.
Beginner
12%(4 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
49%(17 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
39%(14 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 Fortin good for beginners?
Mont Fortin 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 88% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.
Mont Fortin Location
Mont Fortin is located in the province of Quebec, Canada. This ski area is nearest the town of Seauenay, QC.
Address:
Seauenay, QC G7X Canada
View on Google Maps
Website:
montfortin.saguenay.ca
GPS Coordinates:
48.43500, -71.22400
Getting to Mont Fortin
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Mont Fortin), its coordinates of 48.43500, -71.22400 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Seauenay, 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 Fortin.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport | YQB | Quebec, QC | 183 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 Fortin.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFB Bagotville | YBG | Bagotville, QC | 20 km |
| Alma Airport | YTF | Alma, QC | 32 km |
| Roberval Airport | YRJ | Roberval, QC | 77 km |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Mont Fortin, 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 Fortin.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont Lac-Vert | Hébertville, QC | 951 ft | 46% | 30 km |
| Mont Bélu | La Baie, QC | 623 ft | 36% | 31 km |
| Mont Villa Saguenay | Alma, QC | 276 ft | 22% | 32 km |
| Le Valinouët | Saint-David-de-Falardeau, QC | 2,658 ft | 43% | 34 km |
| Mont Édouard | L'Anse-Saint-Jean, QC | 2,133 ft | 57% | 75 km |
| Do-Mi-Ski | Dolbeau-Mistassini, QC | 518 ft | 15% | 90 km |
| Club Tobo-Ski | Saint-Félicien, QC | 910 ft | 38% | 95 km |
| Mont Grand-Fonds | La Malbaie, QC | 2,412 ft | 46% | 111 km |
| Le Massif | Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, QC | 2,645 ft | 64% | 137 km |
| Station Plein Air Saint-Pacôme | St-Pacome, QC | 0 ft | 0% | 148 km |
| Mont-Sainte-Anne | Beaupre, QC | 2,625 ft | 49% | 151 km |
| Stoneham Mountain | Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, QC | 2,075 ft | 50% | 157 km |
| Ski La Tuque | La Tuque, QC | 1,043 ft | 37% | 160 km |
Mont Fortin Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 403 ft |
| Base Elevation | 103 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 300 ft |
| Trails | 11 (12% Beginner, 49% Intermediate, 39% Expert) |
| Lifts | 4 |
| Skiable Acres | 35 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 144 inches |