Sommet Morin Heights
Sommet Morin Heights is a ski area located in the province of Quebec in Canada. The resort is in the town of Morin-Heights, QC.
We recently ranked all of Quebec's ski resorts, so you can see where Sommet Morin Heights stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Season Passes
Sommet Morin Heights 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 Sommet Morin Heights. To purchase season passes, you'll need to visit Sommet Morin Heights's website.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at Sommet Morin Heights around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
Sommet Morin Heights Terrain Overview
Sommet Morin Heights has a total of 36 ski trails, which are serviced by 6 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Sommet Morin Heights is considered a smaller than average ski area, with only a maximum of 90 acres available to ski. This area is equivalent to 36 hectares, 0.1 square miles, or 0.4 square kilometers.
Sommet Morin Heights's slopes see on average 80 inches (2.0 meters) of snowfall a year.
Total Runs
36
Lifts
6
Skiable Acres
90(0 km2)
Annual Snowfall
80"(203 cm)
Sommet Morin Heights Elevation
Sommet Morin Heights has a summit elevation of 1,523 feet, or 464 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 869 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 656 feet (200 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
Sommet Morin Heights has a very low summit elevation. The summit of this park is one of the smaller ones in the country.
Summit Elevation
1,523'(464 m)
Vertical Drop
656'(200 m)
Base Elevation
869'(265 m)
Sommet Morin Heights Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
42.7out 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
Sommet Morin Heights has 90 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Sommet Morin Heights is a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 29% of its trails as easy. However, it also has a fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 71%.
Beginner
29%(26 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
29%(26 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
42%(38 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 Sommet Morin Heights good for beginners?
Sommet Morin Heights 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 71% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.
Sommet Morin Heights Location
Sommet Morin Heights is located in the province of Quebec, Canada. This ski area is nearest the town of Morin-Heights, QC.
Address:
Morin-Heights, QC J0R Canada
View on Google Maps
Website:
sommets.com/en/ski-mountains/sommet-morin-heights
GPS Coordinates:
45.89900, -74.26900
Getting to Sommet Morin Heights
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Sommet Morin Heights), its coordinates of 45.89900, -74.26900 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Morin-Heights, 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 Sommet Morin Heights.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport | YUL | Montréal, QC | 63 km |
| Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport | YOW | Ottawa, ON | 126 km |
| Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport | YQB | Quebec, QC | 242 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 Sommet Morin Heights.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mont-Tremblant International Airport | YTM | La Macaza, QC | 69 km |
| Montréal / Saint-Hubert Airport | YHU | Montréal, QC | 79 km |
| Ottawa / Gatineau Airport | YND | Gatineau, QC | 109 km |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Sommet Morin Heights, 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 Sommet Morin Heights.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mont Habitant | Saint-Sauveur, QC | 1,151 ft | 35% | 7 km |
| Sommet Gabriel | Sainte-Adèle, QC | 1,420 ft | 52% | 9 km |
| Sommet Saint-Sauveur | Saint-Sauveur, QC | 1,365 ft | 50% | 9 km |
| Mont Avalanche | Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard, QC | 1,820 ft | 33% | 10 km |
| Ski Chantecler | Sainte-Adèle, QC | 1,499 ft | 47% | 10 km |
| Versant Avila | Piedmont, QC | 1,365 ft | 55% | 11 km |
| Sommet Olympia | Piedmont, QC | 1,523 ft | 37% | 11 km |
| Belle Neige | Val-Morin, QC | 1,515 ft | 38% | 12 km |
| Mont Sainte-Sauvage | Val-Morin, QC | 1,650 ft | 15% | 13 km |
| Vallée Bleue | Val-David, QC | 1,419 ft | 38% | 15 km |
| Mont Alta | Val-David, QC | 2,000 ft | 0% | 16 km |
| Maximise | Ste-Agathe, QC | 1,400 ft | 0% | 19 km |
| Mont Blanc | Saint-Faustin-Lac-Carré, QC | 1,902 ft | 51% | 28 km |
| Ski Montcalm | Lanaudière, QC | 1,115 ft | 29% | 37 km |
| Great Divide | Marysville, MT | 7,210 ft | 59% | 42 km |
| Mont Tremblant | Mont-Tremblant, QC | 2,871 ft | 62% | 42 km |
| Ski La Réserve | Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm, QC | 2,297 ft | 54% | 44 km |
| Mont Rigaud | Rigaud, QC | 571 ft | 43% | 48 km |
| Ski Garceau | Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm, QC | 2,350 ft | 42% | 49 km |
| Groupe Plein Air Terrebonne | Terrebonne, QC | 100 ft | 0% | 51 km |
| Val Saint-Côme | Saint-Côme, QC | 1,968 ft | 41% | 52 km |
| Ski Saint-Bruno | Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, QC | 574 ft | 21% | 82 km |
| Mont Ste-Marie | Lac-Sainte-Marie, QC | 1,811 ft | 49% | 125 km |
| Sommet Edelweiss | Wakefield, QC | 1,148 ft | 33% | 126 km |
| Titus Mountain | Malone, NY | 2,025 ft | 37% | 127 km |
| Mont Cascades | Cantley, QC | 1,286 ft | 36% | 127 km |
| Camp Fortune | Chelsea, QC | 650 ft | 39% | 130 km |
| Vorlage | Wakefield, QC | 787 ft | 34% | 132 km |
| Val-Mauricie | Shawinigan-Sud, QC | 380 ft | 6% | 135 km |
| Vallée Du Parc | Shawinigan, QC | 1,017 ft | 41% | 138 km |
| Bromont | Bromont, QC | 1,693 ft | 43% | 141 km |
| Catamount Mountain | Hillsdale, NY | 2,000 ft | 36% | 146 km |
| Mont Sutton | Sutton, QC | 3,175 ft | 42% | 160 km |
Sommet Morin Heights Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 1,523 ft |
| Base Elevation | 869 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 656 ft |
| Trails | 36 (29% Beginner, 29% Intermediate, 42% Expert) |
| Lifts | 6 |
| Skiable Acres | 90 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 80 inches |