Searchmont Resort
Searchmont Resort is a ski area located in the province of Ontario in Canada. The resort is in the town of Searchmont, ON.
We recently ranked all of Ontario's ski resorts, so you can see where Searchmont Resort stacks up against all its nearby ski hills!
Season Passes
Searchmont Resort 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 Searchmont Resort. To purchase season passes, you'll need to visit Searchmont Resort's website.
Lodging Options
There are numerous options to stay at Searchmont Resort around the resort. Check out the available options with the form below.
Searchmont Resort Terrain Overview
Searchmont Resort has a total of 21 ski trails, which are serviced by 4 ski lifts, gondolas and/or trams. Searchmont Resort is considered a smaller than average ski area, with only a maximum of 100 acres available to ski. This area is equivalent to 40 hectares, 0.2 square miles, or 0.4 square kilometers.
Searchmont Resort's slopes see on average 132 inches (3.4 meters) of snowfall a year. That is almost 11 feet every year!
Total Runs
21
Lifts
4
Skiable Acres
100(0 km2)
Annual Snowfall
132"(335 cm)
Searchmont Resort Elevation
Searchmont Resort has a summit elevation of 1,601 feet, or 488 meters. However, not all of that elevation is able to be skied. The base of the ski slope sits at 899 feet above sea level, creating a ski hill that is 702 feet (214 meters) high. This is referred to as the slope's vertical drop - or a measure of how high the skiable hill is.
Searchmont Resort has a very low summit elevation. The summit of this park is one of the smaller ones in the country.
Summit Elevation
1,601'(488 m)
Vertical Drop
702'(214 m)
Base Elevation
899'(274 m)
Searchmont Resort Difficulty Level
Difficulty Score™
36.6out 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
Searchmont Resort has 100 total skiable acres, which can be broken down into the three main groups of difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert.
Searchmont Resort is a beginner-friendly ski area, with about 20% of its trails as easy. However, it also has a fair share of more difficult runs - which account for the remaining 80%.
Beginner
20%(20 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
60%(60 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
20%(20 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 Searchmont Resort good for beginners?
Searchmont Resort 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 80% of its trails rated at or above intermediate.
Searchmont Resort Location
Searchmont Resort is located in the province of Ontario, Canada. This ski area is nearest the town of Searchmont, ON.
Address:
Searchmont, ON P0S 1J0 Canada
View on Google Maps
Website:
searchmont.com
GPS Coordinates:
46.77000, -84.05000
Getting to Searchmont Resort
By Car: If you are driving, you would set your GPS to either the ski resort's name (Searchmont Resort), its coordinates of 46.77000, -84.05000 (latitude, longitude), or simply drive towards the town of Searchmont, ON 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 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 Searchmont Resort.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sault Ste Marie Airport | YAM | Sault Ste Marie, ON | 47 km |
| Chippewa County International Airport | CIU | Sault Ste Marie, MI | 66 km |
| Pellston Regional Airport of Emmet County Airport | PLN | Pellston, MI | 145 km |
There may also be much smaller regional airports next to Searchmont Resort, 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 Searchmont Resort.
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Dufour Ski Area | Elliot Lake, ON | 1,345 ft | 36% | 116 km |
| Nubs Nob | Harbor Springs, MI | 1,338 ft | 31% | 159 km |
Searchmont Resort Mountain Stats
| Name | Statistic |
|---|---|
| Summit Elevation | 1,601 ft |
| Base Elevation | 899 ft |
| Vertical Drop | 702 ft |
| Trails | 21 (20% Beginner, 60% Intermediate, 20% Expert) |
| Lifts | 4 |
| Skiable Acres | 100 |
| Avg. Annual Snowfall | 132 inches |