Medicine Lodge Ski Area is a ski area located in the province of Alberta in Canada. The resort is in the town of Bentley, AB. We recently ranked all of Alberta's ski resorts, so you can see where Medicine Lodge Ski Area stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Medicine Lodge 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 Medicine Lodge Ski Area.
Medicine Lodge Ski Area Lodging:
Medicine Lodge Ski Area Terrain Overview
Medicine Lodge Ski Area has a total of 13 ski trails, which are serviced by 4 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Medicine Lodge Ski Area is considered a smaller than average ski area, with only a maximum of 70 acres available to ski. This area is equivalent to 28 hectares, 0 square miles, or 0 square kilometers.
Total Runs
13
Lifts
4
Skiable Acres
70(0 km2)
Annual Snowfall
N/A
Medicine Lodge Ski Area Elevation
Medicine Lodge Ski Area has a summit elevation of 3,615 feet, or 1,102 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 3,294 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 321 feet (98 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
Medicine Lodge Ski Area's summit elevation is about average. There are a lot of ski slopes that are quite a bit higher, but also many that are much, much smaller.
Summit Elevation
3,615'(1,102 m)
Vertical Drop
321'(98 m)
Base Elevation
3,294'(1,004 m)
Medicine Lodge Ski Area Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
24out 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.
Skiiable Area by Difficulty Level
Medicine Lodge Ski Area has 70 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Since Medicine Lodge Ski Area is an extremely beginner-friendly ski area, it has 38% of its trails are rated as "beginner-level". 49% trails are rated as intermediate.
Beginner
38%(27 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%(34 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
13%(9 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 Medicine Lodge Ski Area good for beginners?
Medicine Lodge Ski Area 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. 38% of its trails are rated as "beginner".
Medicine Lodge Ski Area Location
Medicine Lodge Ski Area is located in the province of Alberta, Canada. This ski area is nearby the town of Bentley, AB.
Address:
Bentley, AB T0C Canada
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Website:
medicinelodgeskihill.com/
GPS Coordinates:
52.45600, -114.25800
Getting to Medicine Lodge Ski Area
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Medicine Lodge Ski Area), its coordinates of 52.45600, -114.25800 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Bentley, AB 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 Medicine Lodge Ski Area.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edmonton International Airport | YEG | Edmonton, AB | 105 km |
| Calgary International Airport | YYC | Calgary, AB | 150 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 Medicine Lodge Ski Area.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lloydminster Airport | YLL | Lloydminster, AB | 296 km |
| Bonnyville Airport | YBY | Bonnyville, AB | 310 km |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Medicine Lodge 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 Medicine Lodge Ski Area.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon Ski Area | Red Deer, AB | 2,950 ft | 28% | 42 km |
| Innisfail Ski Hill | Innisfail, AB | 3,133 ft | 13% | 51 km |
| Gwynne Valley Ski Area | Wetaskiwin, AB | 2,434 ft | 8% | 91 km |
| Drayton Valley – Brazeau Ski Hill | Drayton Valley, AB | 2,450 ft | 27% | 98 km |
| Rabbit Hill Snow Resort | Edmonton, AB | 2,306 ft | 17% | 110 km |
| Snow Valley Mountain | Running Springs, CA | 7,841 ft | 51% | 123 km |
| Edmonton Ski Club | Edmonton, AB | 2,165 ft | 29% | 131 km |
| Sunridge Ski Area | Edmonton, AB | 2,060 ft | 40% | 137 km |
| WinSport (Canada Olympic Park) | Calgary, AB | 4,100 ft | 31% | 153 km |
Medicine Lodge Ski Area Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 3,615 ft |
| Base Elevation | 3,294 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 321 ft |
| Trails | 13 (38% Beginner, 49% Intermediate, 13% Expert) |
| Lifts | 4 |
| Skiable Acres | 70 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | N/A inches |