Visitor reviews for Fortress Mountain

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• December 04, 2007
  4tress from AFGHANISTAN
  

  yeah its permanently closed now, thanks

• May 14, 2006
  graeham from CANADA
  

  Fortress has re-opened in the 2006 season after several years of closure. Unfortunately, the facilities were not properly maintained during the closure and they were not fully operational once the hill reopened.
  Fortress rarely has crowds. The runs are short, but sustained. There are many terrain features like gullies and roll-overs that are fun to take air off of, or just to feel the flow of going up and down.
  Fortress is smaller and less visited than other resorts near Calgary, and is one of the only ones where someone without local knowledge has much of a chance of finding powder a couple days after a storm. Also, it is much closer. Fortress can be reached from Calgary by car in under an hour.
  Fortress would be most enjoyed by advanced or better skiers. There is limited grooming, and the lodge facilities are not yet fully opened. It is more of an "old school" skiing experience: when skiing didn't come with spas, condos, buzzwords like "extreme-this", and fancy restaraunts. Skiing at Fortress is just all about what counts: skiing. Fortress now has cat-skiing terrain for a low charge ($5 per ride) on the Farside terrain until the farside lift can be replaced. Fortress also offers a cheaper ticket than other resorts in the area, especially for youths and students ($20 for youths, $30 for students, $40 for adults were the prices for this year if I remember correctly.)
  The new ownership of the hill seems very motivated and willing to let Fortress grow into a bigger resort. There is quite a bit of potential for terrain expansions, and Fortress gets a decent amount of snow (less than Sunshine, but more than most others in the Alberta Rockies). They are also known for getting epic dumps of snow, especially in the Spring. In five years, it is possible that Fortress could be a direct competator with Sunshine and Lake Louise (and be the winner), but it has a little growing to do.

• February 11, 2006
  Matt/calgary from CANADA
  

  The day was Feb 5th 2006... the snow amazing, Fortress was open earlier than that though. Feb 5th was when I got to be there and they opened a new feature.. groomer rides up the hill where once the old dopplemayer stood on the far side.. it was great. Coudos to the crew at the fort for all their hard work.
  come ride Fortress if you want some sick tree lines and a bunch of the white stuff.

• February 06, 2005
  The kid from CANADA
  

  I went to fortress alot and it was amzing it sucks that it closed and it should be opened again. The powder and gullys/bowls kikass go to the farside for the best terrain.