| Ski Cape Smokey | |
|---|---|
  Ski Cape Smokey Location in Nova Scotia | |
| Location | Victoria County, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Nearest major city | Ingonish, Nova Scotia |
| Coordinates | 46°26′26.4″N 60°28′7.2″W / 46.440667°N 60.468667°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opened | 1970 |
| Vertical | 305 m |
| Top elevation | 320 m |
| Base elevation | 15 m |
| Skiable area | 100 acres |
| Trails | 15  2 – Easiest  10 – More Difficult  2 – Most Difficult  2 – Expert |
| Longest run | 2.4 km |
| Lift system | 1 Gondola 1 Poma Lift |
| Snowfall | 393 cm (13ft) /year |
| Snowmaking | 60% |
| Website | Ski Cape Smokey |
Ski Cape Smokey is a ski hill located in Ingonish Beach, Nova Scotia, Canada; a coastal community on the Cabot Trail, flanking the boundary of the Cape Breton Highlands National Park in Cape Breton.
Since reopening under new ownership in 2021, Ski Cape Smokey offers 15 alpine runs, a gondola to summit operating year-round, a poma lift, snow-making and grooming, a ski school, a rental and retail shop, and a restaurant and bar.[1]
Many other amenities are planned for the coming years, including a new Lodge, hotel accommodations, an elaborate look-off structure at the summit, and additional year-round trails and ski runs.[2]
Ski Cape Smokey is known for being Nova Scotia's highest elevation ski mountain at over 320 meters, 305 of them skiable, and for its expansive ocean views. Conceived in the early 1970's after a 1968 wildfire blew northwards from Wreck cove and razed large swathes of forest on Smokey Mountain.[3] Cape Smokey Provincial Park was established there in 1983.[4] The ski runs are visible in their entirety from nearby Keltic Lodge, a historic golf resort on the opposite side of Ingonish Harbour. The hill receives 393 cm of snowfall per year.[4]
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- ^ Brittany, Wentzell (Aug 16, 2019). "New York-based developer has lofty goals for Ski Cape Smokey". The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
- ^ Rannie, Gillis (2010-02-17). "Grade 4 storyteller brought back memories of the Cape Smokey fire of 1968". Cape Breton post. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
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