Fortress Mountain Resort
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| Location | Kananaskis, Alberta Canada |
| Nearest city | Calgary 115 km - (71 mi.) |
| Coordinates | 50°49′40″N 115°12′06″W / 50.82778°N 115.20167°WCoordinates: 50°49′40″N 115°12′06″W / 50.82778°N 115.20167°W |
| Vertical | 700 m - (2300 ft) |
| Top elevation | 2500 m - (8200 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1800 m - (5905 ft) |
| Snowfall | 600 cm - 900 cm (236 in. - 354 in.) |
| Web site | Ski Fortress.ca |
Fortress Mountain is a ski resort in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
The resort is situated on a 15 km² (3311 acre) Provincial Crown Lease surrounded by Spray Valley and Peter Lougheed Provincial Parks.
The resort is located on Kananaskis Trail (115 km west of Calgary). It is owned and operated by Fortress Mountain Holdings Ltd.
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[edit] History
Before being purchased by Fortress Mountain Holdings Ltd., the area had previously been owned by Banff Rail Company, as well as Resorts of the Canadian Rockies (RCR). Aspen Skiing Co. owned the resort in the 1970s and 80s.
In early December 2009, scenes from the film Inception were shot there. In December 2011 the resort hosted the cast and crew from "The Bourne Legacy". The area has been featured in many other movies such as Van Helsing, Brokeback Mountain, RV, The Claim, as well as many television commercials.
[edit] Historic Ski Lifts
In the 1980s, an additional T-bar was installed in parallel to the back side of the Curve T-bar to bring skiers from the base of the far-side chair back up to the front side. One summer Hugh Smyth, then manager of Blackcomb who also worked at Fortress, took this additional T-bar apart and took it to Blackcomb and installed it on Blackcomb glacier, thereby making Blackcomb’s high alpine glacier more accessible.
The Curve T-Bar lift installed at Fortress mountain is of novel design. It operates in a big loop, draped over a ridge, so that it can pull skiers up both sides of the ridge with a single motor and loop of cable. There is not a similar lift in the Canadian Rockies.
[edit] Current status
Fortress Mountain Holdings Ltd. is headed by Joey O'Brien. Mr. O'Brien's ski industry experience includes formerly owning Ski Martock in Nova Scotia for 25 years, and performing as COO for Alpine Canada Alpin[1]. The board of directors consists of O'Brien, Thomas Heath and John Lamacchia.
Cat skiing will begin in late January 2012 utilizing a Pisten Bully 300 with a 14 passenger cab. The mountain operations team consists of seasoned industry veterans drawn from the Banff area.
Fortress Mountain Holdings will release periodic updates via Ski Fortress
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Ski Fortress official website
- KPOW Cat Skiing Microsite
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