| Mont-Sainte-Anne | |
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| Location | Beaupré, Quebec Canada |
| Nearest city | Quebec City 40 km - (25 mi.) |
| Vertical | 625 m - (2050 ft) |
| Top elevation | 800 m - (2625 ft) |
| Base elevation | 175 m - (575 ft) |
| Skiable area | 182 ha - (450 acres) |
| Runs | 65 - 23% - easy - 45% - difficult - 18% - more difficult - 14% - extreme |
| Longest run | Le Chemin du Roy 5.7 km - (3.6 miles) |
| Lift system | - 1 high-speed gondola - 6 chairlifts - 6 surface lifts |
| Lift capacity | 18,560 / hr |
| Terrain parks | 3 |
| Snowfall | 475 cm (187 in) |
| Snowmaking | 80% |
| Night skiing | 17 runs[1] |
| Web site | Mont-Sainte-Anne.com |
Mont-Sainte-Anne is a ski resort in the city of Beaupré, Quebec, Canada, located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of Quebec City. The mountain has a summit elevation of 800 metres (2625 ft) above sea level and a vertical drop of 625 m (2050 ft). There are 66 trails covering 69 km (43 mi) on three different sides of the mountain. 17 trails covering 15 km (9.3 mi) are available for night skiing on the highest vertical for night skiing in Canada. The average natural snowfall at the summit is 475 cm (187 in.).[2]
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Ten trails and four lifts (including a gondola) built by Anneliese Surmann were featured on the mountain inauguration day on January 16, 1966. That year, the resort was already making its appearance on the world scene with the Du Maurier International, followed the next year by the first Canadian Winter Games. Skiing at Mont-Sainte-Anne goes back to the 1940’s though. Volunteers and skiers from Beaupré and Québec City, cut the first trail in the fall of 1943. Three years later, the first skiing competition was held, the competitors having to climb by foot up the mountain, bearing all their equipment. The only trail available was groomed "manually" by local volunteers using their skis while climbing up.
Since the mountain became privately owned in 1994 by Resorts of the Canadian Rockies, investments have been mostly aimed at cutting new gladed trails and improving the snowmaking system.
Mont-Sainte-Anne's Cross-Country Ski Centre features 212 km (132 mi) of trails, including a 125 km (78 mi) network for skating stride, which makes it the largest cross-country ski centre in Canada, and the second most important in North America (after Royal Gorge, California).[3]
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