Mont Alta
Mont Alta is permanently closed.
Mont Alta is a ski area located in the province of Quebec in Canada. The resort is in the town of Val-David, QC.
We recently ranked all of Quebec's ski resorts, so you can see where Mont Alta stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Season Passes
Mont Alta 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 Alta. To purchase season passes, you'll need to visit Mont Alta's website.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at Mont Alta around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
Mont Alta Terrain Overview
Mont Alta has a total of 27 ski trails, which are serviced by 1 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Mont Alta 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, 0.1 square miles, or 0.2 square kilometers.
Mont Alta's slopes see on average 72 inches (1.8 meters) of snowfall a year.
Total Runs
27
Lifts
1
Skiable Acres
60(0 km2)
Annual Snowfall
72"(183 cm)
Mont Alta Elevation
Mont Alta has a summit elevation of 2,000 feet, or 610 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 1,406 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 584 feet (178 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
Mont Alta has a very low summit elevation. The summit of this park is one of the smaller ones in the country.
Summit Elevation
2,000'(610 m)
Vertical Drop
584'(178 m)
Base Elevation
1,406'(429 m)
Mont Alta Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
0out 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 Alta has 60 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Since Mont Alta is an extremely beginner-friendly ski area, it has 20% of its trails are rated as "beginner-level". 20% trails are rated as intermediate.
Beginner
20%(0 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
20%(0 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
0%(0 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 Alta good for beginners?
Mont Alta 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. 20% of its trails are rated as "beginner".
Mont Alta Location
Mont Alta is located in the province of Quebec, Canada. This ski area is nearest the town of Val-David, QC.
Address:
Val-David, QC J0T 2N0 Canada
View on Google Maps
Website:
mont-alta.com
GPS Coordinates:
46.04000, -74.23700
Getting to Mont Alta
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Mont Alta), its coordinates of 46.04000, -74.23700 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Val-David, 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 Alta.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport | YUL | Montréal, QC | 74 km |
| Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport | YOW | Ottawa, ON | 137 km |
| Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport | YQB | Quebec, QC | 233 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 Alta.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mont-Tremblant International Airport | YTM | La Macaza, QC | 59 km |
| Montréal / Saint-Hubert Airport | YHU | Montréal, QC | 86 km |
| Ottawa / Gatineau Airport | YND | Gatineau, QC | 118 km |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Mont Alta, 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 Alta.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vallée Bleue | Val-David, QC | 1,419 ft | 38% | 2 km |
| Belle Neige | Val-Morin, QC | 1,515 ft | 38% | 4 km |
| Maximise | Ste-Agathe, QC | 1,400 ft | 0% | 6 km |
| Mont Sainte-Sauvage | Val-Morin, QC | 1,650 ft | 15% | 7 km |
| Ski Chantecler | Sainte-Adèle, QC | 1,499 ft | 47% | 10 km |
| Mont Avalanche | Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard, QC | 1,820 ft | 33% | 12 km |
| Sommet Gabriel | Sainte-Adèle, QC | 1,420 ft | 52% | 14 km |
| Sommet Morin Heights | Morin-Heights, QC | 1,523 ft | 43% | 16 km |
| Sommet Olympia | Piedmont, QC | 1,523 ft | 38% | 16 km |
| Mont Habitant | Saint-Sauveur, QC | 1,151 ft | 35% | 18 km |
| Sommet Saint-Sauveur | Saint-Sauveur, QC | 1,365 ft | 50% | 18 km |
| Versant Avila | Piedmont, QC | 1,365 ft | 55% | 19 km |
| Mont Blanc | Saint-Faustin-Lac-Carré, QC | 1,902 ft | 51% | 20 km |
| Ski La Réserve | Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm, QC | 2,297 ft | 54% | 28 km |
| Ski Montcalm | Lanaudière, QC | 1,115 ft | 29% | 31 km |
| Great Divide | Marysville, MT | 7,210 ft | 59% | 33 km |
| Mont Tremblant | Mont-Tremblant, QC | 2,871 ft | 63% | 33 km |
| Ski Garceau | Saint-Donat-de-Montcalm, QC | 2,350 ft | 42% | 33 km |
| Val Saint-Côme | Saint-Côme, QC | 1,968 ft | 41% | 38 km |
| Groupe Plein Air Terrebonne | Terrebonne, QC | 100 ft | 0% | 58 km |
| Mont Rigaud | Rigaud, QC | 571 ft | 43% | 64 km |
| Ski Saint-Bruno | Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, QC | 574 ft | 21% | 88 km |
| Val-Mauricie | Shawinigan-Sud, QC | 380 ft | 6% | 125 km |
| Mont Ste-Marie | Lac-Sainte-Marie, QC | 1,811 ft | 49% | 127 km |
| Vallée Du Parc | Shawinigan, QC | 1,017 ft | 41% | 128 km |
| Sommet Edelweiss | Wakefield, QC | 1,148 ft | 34% | 132 km |
| Mont Cascades | Cantley, QC | 1,286 ft | 36% | 134 km |
| Camp Fortune | Chelsea, QC | 650 ft | 39% | 138 km |
| Vorlage | Wakefield, QC | 787 ft | 35% | 139 km |
| Titus Mountain | Malone, NY | 2,025 ft | 37% | 142 km |
| Bromont | Bromont, QC | 1,693 ft | 43% | 147 km |
Mont Alta Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 2,000 ft |
| Base Elevation | 1,406 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 584 ft |
| Trails | 27 (20% Beginner, 20% Intermediate, 0% Expert) |
| Lifts | 1 |
| Skiable Acres | 60 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 72 inches |