Marble Mountain is a ski resort located in the town of Steady Brook, on the west coast of Newfoundland in the Long Range Mountains.
The resort is located on a series of steep ridges forming part of the southern side of the Humber River valley on Mount Musgrave at Steady Brook, approximately east of Corner Brook. As the name implies, marble is present; however, it forms only a minor part of the bedrock, which is mostly schist.http://www.steadybrook.com/images/steady_brook_watershed_plan.pdf Hearn, Dawe, Holloway and Soper, 2005. Steady Brook Watershed Plan, p.7 The peak is named in honour of Sir Anthony Musgrave, a colonial governor of Newfoundland.
Lower elevations of Marble Mountain outside of the ski lanes are covered with a rich mixed forest of abundant balsam fir, white spruce, black spruce and white birch, with some red maple and mountain maple. At higher elevations, black spruce is often dominant and deciduous trees are less abundant.
Marble Mountain is the site of the largest alpine ski resort in Atlantic Canada. Environment Canada's doppler weather radar station "XME", part of the Canadian weather radar network is located near the resort at the summit of Mount Musgrave.
The Marble Mountain Ski Resort has an average of of snow each year, compared to Mont Tremblant's . This produces a three-month ski season. In the winter of 2013/2014, the resort saw more than 21 feet of natural snowfall and in the 2014/2015 season, nearly 20 feet of natural snow fell. Marble Mountain was a venue for the 1999 Canada Winter Games hosted by Corner Brook.
Marble Mountain has the only detachable high speed quad lift in Atlantic Canada, the Lightning Express. It is in length and has a ride time of approximately 7 minutes.
On June 29, 2018, the provincial government announced that it would be seeking a request for proposals to divest the government of ownership of Marble Mountain. The resort has been operated by the provincial government since 1988 through the Marble Mountain Development Corporation. The ski hill receives an annual subsidy of close to $1 million.
As of late June 2022, moves were initiated to make Marble Mountain an all-season resort with more emphasis on summer recreation.NTV Evening News, 28 June 2022
Trails
EasyIntermediateDifficult Very DifficultFreestyle5171062Broadway (beginners area)SteinbergsKruncher (m)Macleod Nine (m)Crocker's RunUpalongHo Chi Minh TrailCruiserBoomerang (m)Hot DogCountry RoadOld SamBlow Me Down (OMJ)Humber View (m)Little Heart's EaseMarble ChuteMusgrave (m)Autobahn (m)Sleepy HollowNature TrailTower 16Ugly Stick (g)ChilliwackDeep BightHansen's RunCorkscrewTwisterTuckamore Tangle (g)Knute ChuteChicken's Way OutBonavistaCabot StraightCaribou RoadJiggerCrooked FeederL'anse Aux MeadowsRandom PassageMajor's PathLangins Lane
(m) – mogul runs (g) – gladed trail with trees
Lifts
Lift NameLengthVerticalTypeRide TimeMakeBuild YearLightning Express 1,660m519mHigh Speed Detachable Quad6 Mins Leitner-Poma 2014 Black Mariah 1,106m 427m Fixed Grip Quad 10 mins Poma 1993 Newfie Bullet 473m 220m Fixed Grip Quad 6 mins Doppelmayr 1986 Magic Carpet 91m 28m Surface Lift 2 mins N/A 2009
See also List of ski areas and resorts in Canada Weather radar on Marble Mountain
References
External links Marble Mountain Ski Resort Marble Race Team (archived 2009) Official Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism Website - Marble Mountain