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Medicine Lodge Ski Area

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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!

Season Passes

Medicine Lodge Ski Area 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 with with Medicine Lodge Ski Area. To purchase season passes, you'll need to visit Medicine Lodge Ski Area's website.

Lodging Options

There are numerous options to stay at Medicine Lodge Ski Area around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.

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, 0.1 square miles, or 0.3 square kilometers.

Trails
Total Runs
13
Ski Lift
Lifts
4
Skier
Skiable Acres
70(0 km2)
Snow
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.

Mountain Summit
Summit Elevation
3,615'(1,102 m)
Vertical Drop
Vertical Drop
321'(98 m)
Mountain base
Base Elevation
3,294'(1,004 m)

Medicine Lodge Ski Area Difficulty Level

Score
Difficulty Score™
24out of 100
←  EasyHard  →
Medicine Lodge Ski Area is an extremely beginner-friendly ski area. It is in fact one of the easiest ski slopes in all of North America, ranking in the bottom 10% of overall difficulty. This is due to it having 38% of its trails are rated as "beginner", and a vertical drop of only 321 feet.

 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

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.
Green Circle
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.

Blue Square
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%.

Black Diamond
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 nearest the town of Bentley, AB.

Address:
Bentley, AB T0C Canada
View on Google Maps

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.

NameCodeCityDistance
Edmonton International AirportYEGEdmonton, AB105 km
Calgary International AirportYYCCalgary, AB150 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.

NameCodeCityDistance
Lloydminster AirportYLLLloydminster, AB296 km
Bonnyville AirportYBYBonnyville, AB310 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.

NameLocationSummitDifficulty Score™Distance
Canyon Ski AreaRed Deer, AB2,950 ft28%42 km
Innisfail Ski HillInnisfail, AB3,133 ft13%51 km
Gwynne Valley Ski AreaWetaskiwin, AB2,434 ft8%91 km
Drayton Valley – Brazeau Ski HillDrayton Valley, AB2,450 ft27%98 km
Rabbit Hill Snow ResortEdmonton, AB2,306 ft17%110 km
Edmonton Ski ClubEdmonton, AB2,165 ft29%131 km
Sunridge Ski AreaEdmonton, AB2,060 ft39%137 km
WinSport (Canada Olympic Park)Calgary, AB4,100 ft31%153 km

Medicine Lodge Ski Area Mountain Stats

NameStatistic
Summit Elevation3,615 ft
Base Elevation3,294 ft
Vertical Drop321 ft
Trails13
(38% Beginner,  49% Intermediate,  13% Expert)
Lifts4
Skiable Acres70
Avg. Annual SnowfallN/A inches
Medicine Lodge Ski Area Mountain Stats
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