Ski in Mont Sutton

Skiing in Mont Sutton

Mont Sutton, Canada (400m to 860m)

A family-owned resort, Mont Sutton offers skiing through some of the most beautiful glades ( Sous-Bois) in Eastern North America.

Mont Sutton

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Mont Sutton Ski Facts

Mont Sutton Ski Facts

		Expert Skiers
		Intermediate Skiers
		Beginners
		Snowboarding
		Snow
		Apres-ski
	20	Black Runs
	19	Red Runs
	14	Blue Runs
9		Ski Lifts
460m		Max Vertical
860m		Highest Lift
400m		Lowest Piste
400m		Resort Altitude

Mont Sutton

The Canadian ski resort of Mont Sutton has direct access to 53 individual pistes, served by 9 ski lifts.

The skiing is at relatively low altitude, so snow cover can be variable.

Snowmaking :- Mont Sutton is able to augment natural snow, with 93 Snow Cannons.

Ski Lift Capacity :- The 9 Ski Lifts of Mont Sutton are able to uplift 11,800 skiers / snowboarders per hour.

Skiing in Mont Sutton

There cannot be many ski areas (actually, not any others) that boast of 194 junctions for skiers and boarders. That's because Mt Sutton's whole philosophy of slope design is refreshingly unique. Nearly half (40 percent) of the resort's skiing is in the 'sous-bois' - or under the trees on lightly wooded slopes. This means that you can switch between the 50+ trails at dozens of different places creating a vast number of different descent possibilities. The whole concept of skiing in such slopes has finally got the interest of most of the other big name resorts in North America who have each created one or two 'glade' trails.

Once you're actually on the slopes you'll see things are a little different in other ways too. The slopeside sugar shack where you can buy maple syrup lollies is a nice idea and the permanent rustic wooden access lanes for lift queues are easier to support yourself and pull yourself along in than the flimsy ropes employed by most resorts.

As with all things Sutton there's an intriguing mixture of old and new with a high speed detachable quad whisking skiers up the main slope from the base lodge whilst elsewhere you can find antiquated double chairs as old as the centre itself, wheeling out of their own wooden base station.

Because much of Mont Sutton's terrain is based on narrower runs than in many modern resorts, arranged in a sophisticated network, the resort has to use special miniature groomers to actually groom between the trees. Wide modern groomers are too big for much of the terrain- again demonstrating a dedication to their art form that's hard to find anywhere else in the modern skiing world. The maintenance crew ever plant trees in front of lift towers to make everything seem more natural.

The trail map is intelligently designed with the steepest runs beneath the 968m Round Top summit to the left and the easiest to the right as you arrive from the base car park. Most of the slopeside lodging is also to the right of the mountain. If you don't stay slopeside you'll find Ski Sutton offers free shuttle service to help visitors move down and up from the village to the mountain every weekend and during Holidays.

Virtually all of the skiing is on the snowsure north facing slopes, but there is one run on the back of the mountain, La Fantaisie, open since 1994. Due to its southerly exposure its only open in the main season and because there's no direct return lift up, users need to frustratingly break their descent half way down and take a long relatively flat run back round to the lower part of the Concou run, unless they want to hike back up. The run is outside the main patrolled area, as warning signs testify, along with warnings of the recovery fee payable if you need recovery.

Snow cover is rarely a problem thanks to an annual average of 473cm (just shy of 16 feet) topped with around 70% snowmaking, with new equipment doubling and updating capacity there in recent seasons.

Passes are highly affordable, especially compared to most other leading North American resorts, and those purchased for four days or more are also valid on the slopes of neighbouring resorts Owl's Head and Orford.

Mont Sutton also boasts four mountain restaurants and spills out in to slopeside barbecues when the weather is warm and the weekend crowds fill the hill.

Snowboarding in Mont Sutton

Mont Sutton does have the obligatory terrain park, dubbed Skill Zone but the real attraction for boarders and freestylers are the endless natural terrain hits that abonund throughout the area. Sutton's philosophy has always been to leave these natural fun features there rather than smooth them out so you do get the feeling that you've found a place which has a soul in tune with your own - rather than just trying to cash in on the current fashion and as likely to move on when it passes.

The resort also limits its grooming to less than a quarter of the main trails, even less when there's fresh powder about, so the likelihood of more knarly terrain appearing each day is high.

Mont Sutton Aprés Ski

Apres ski around Sutton is typical friendly but generally low-key. Popular choices include the Bar le Defrost (part of the hotel La Paimpolaise), the Bar l'Horizon (part of the hotel L'Horizon and the local's favourite) and Bistro 14 which has a nice terrace, especially popular from 5 to 7pm.

If you still have any energy left you might like to join the night snowshoeing crew for a night time hike over snow.

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Mont Sutton in brief

Mont Sutton Ski Resort is:-
Very good for Expert Skiers.
Very good for Intermediate Skiers.
Very good for Beginners.
Very good for Snowboarding.

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