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Review of snowboarding and skiing in Owl's Head Canada.

Owl's Head Ski Holiday Facts

Established in 1963 the Canadian ski resort Owl's Head lies at 747 metres altitude in the Québec region of the Canadian Monteregie. With the highest lifts and ski slopes below 2500m Owl's Head ski area is not snow sure. Over ? snow cannons ensure artificial Owl's Head snow making covers 25km of ski trails, which equates to around 85 of the ski slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Owl's Head (Canada) is Montréal at a distance of ?km or approximately ? minutes driving time. Owl's Head ski season runs from December to April.

SNO-man says

Well established centre offering top to bottom runs for all standards. The ski experience is enhanced by state of the art technology and superb views of Lake Memphremagog. Third biggest vertical in Québec and added a new detachable quad in 1999 - 2000 purchased from Breckenridge in Colorado - the world's original detachable quad!

alpine downhill runs to ski in Owl's Head Canada

Beginner Trails
 0 runs ?km
0%  Intermediate Trails
 8 runs ?km
29%  Advanced Trails
 11 runs ?km
40%  Expert Trails
 8 runs 8km
29% 

Owl's Head Resort & Holiday Info

Beginners learning to ski
Intermediate Skiers
Expert Skiers
Snowboarders
Apres Ski
Family friendly
Snowsure
Ambience
Value for money
Ski Pass Prices (adult 6 day)C$? - C$?
Traditional Ski Village / Purpose Built Ski Resort
Ski Resort OpensDec 2011
Ski Resort ClosesApr 2012
(snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing)

Ski Area Owl's Head Mountain

Downhill Ski Runs19km
total length of Owl's Head trails
Longest lift serve Run1.22km
longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift
Ski Slope OrientationN
direction Owl's Head ski areas face
Top Altitude747m
top station of highest ski lift
Bottom Altitude207m
bottom of lowest ski run
Resort Altitude207m
centre of Owl's Head ski resort
Vertical Drop540m
total descent from top lift to bottom piste
Skiable Vertical^v 540m
can include extra hike up which may be possible above top lift - stat used by some resorts to con us about true "vertical drop" which is lift-served

Skiing in Owl's Head

Skiing Owl's Head you'll enjoy 27 pistes and trails and that means approximately 19km of ski runs. Owl's Head lifts number 7 with the capacity to uplift 8200 skiers up the mountain per hour. The longest ski run in the Canadian ski resort of Owl's Head is over 1.22km long.

SNO-man says

Owl's Head Ski Area

Owl's Head ski area has 0% beginner ski runs or nursery slopes, 29% intermediate, 40% advanced ski slopes and 29% for expert skiers - the most difficult Owl's Head piste is the 3.22km Grande Allée run, with a steepness/slope angle of ?%. You can't ski Owl's Head after dark.

Owl's Head for skiing gets 4 stars out of 5 overall    

Snowboarding in Owl's Head

If you snowboard Owl's Head you'll want to know that, of the 7 ski lifts in total, 0 are surface lifts or "drag lifts" - this gives a good indication of how modern the lift system is and well set up Owl's Head snowboarding is - especially for beginners learning to snowboard. Owl's Head snowboard facilities include 1 terrain parks and 1 half pipe (longest half pipe length is 18.3 metres), 0 quarter pipe and 0 boardercross courses.

SNO-man says

Owl's Head for snowboarding gets 4 stars out of 5 overall    

Owl's Head Apres Ski

The apres ski Owl's Head scene and off-slope or "non-skier" activities include:

1 apres ski bars 1 restaurants 0 bowling 0 night club 0 cinema 0 billiards / pool 0 games room 0 concert 0 indoor swimming 0 outdoor heated pools 1 saunas 1 hot tubs 0 solariums 0 masseurs 0 indoor ice skating 1 outdoor ice skating 0 indoor sports centre 0 indoor tennis 0 squash racquetball 0 sleigh rides 0 ballooning 0 horse riding 0 prepare winter walks 0 climbing 1 golf 0 fishing 0 museum 0 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities ?.

SNO-man says

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Owl's Head for apres ski gets 3 stars out of 5 overall    

More Owl's Head Snow Ski Area and Resort Information

Owl's Head resort - ski Owl's Head by any other name

The Canadian ski resort of Owl's Head ski resort is also known as Owl's Head and has the following common misspellings:

Owl's Head ski area has ski slopes which face N

The direction which the various Owl's Head ski slopes face can make or break your skiing or snowboarding holiday. If you want to guarantee good snow and ski conditions, you should choose a resort with ski slopes which face the right way for the time of year you're travelling.

- In the coldest winter months of January and February you need a ski resort with some sunny south facing ski slopes, so your days on the snow doesn't feel like a polar expedition. Conversely, in the warmest spring skiing months of March and especially April, a ski resort with some cool and shady north facing slopes will ensure you're not skiing on slush, but benefitting from best late season snow. The best ski resorts have ski areas and slopes which face in all directions so that you're guaranteed greating skiing whatever the weather. Owl's Head ski resort has ski slopes facing N.

Owl's Head for snow gets 4 stars out of 5 overall    

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