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Crabbe Mountain

Crabbe Mountain
Crabbe Mountian.jpg
Location Central Hainesville, Bright Parish, York County, New Brunswick, Canada
Nearest city Fredericton
Coordinates 46°07′13″N 67°06′31″W / 46.12028°N 67.10861°W / 46.12028; -67.10861
Vertical 260 m (853 ft)
Top elevation 404 m (1325 ft)
Base elevation 145 m (475 ft)
Skiable area 0.35 km² (87 acres)
Runs 27
Longest run 2.0 km (6,600 ft)
Lift system 3 1 quad chair, (1 rope tow, and 1 T-Bar)
Terrain parks 3
Snowfall

Average 330 cm (10.83 ft) /year

  • 2007/08= 457 cm (14.99 ft)
  • 2008/09= 370 cm (12.14 ft)
  • 2009/10= 201 cm (6.59 ft)
  • 2010/11= 299 cm (9.81 ft)
  • 2011/12= 320 cm (10.50 ft)
  • 2012/13= 332 cm (10.89 ft)
  • 2013/14= 135 cm (4.43 ft)
Snowmaking 53 %
Night skiing Yes, on 6 trails
Website http://www.crabbemountain.com

Average 330 cm (10.83 ft) /year

Crabbe Mountain is a Canadian alpine ski hill in Central Hainesville, New Brunswick near the intersection of Route 104 and Route 610.

New Brunswick's highest vertical at 853 feet offers challenging terrain for skiers of all abilities. Crabbe Mountain has a wide-open beginner area with a pony lift for those just starting out. There's a wide variety of groomed, ungroomed, cruising trails and steep pitches. Crabbe offers many woods/glades runs, and they have some features such as tree rails, rock jumps and northshores. Crabbe also has three terrain parks. They have features such as jumps, hip transfers, spine transfers and rails and is one of the best terrain parks in the Maritimes.

Crabbe also features 30 kilometres, 18+ miles of cross country skiing trails

Crabbe has 1 Quad chair lift, 1 T-bar lifts and 1 rope tow.

Check out the Crabbe Mountain website for info: http://www.crabbemountain.com/mountain/terrain_park/

Crabbe Mountain also has a very successful race club, it does extremely well in the atlantic circuit and has also won a few major competitions including a gold in Super G the Canadian nationals. They also have several athletes participating in the 2011 Canada Games.

The Crabbe Mountain base lodge offers a lounge, cafeteria, retail and rental shop. Ski and board lessons are available and the mountain is patrolled by the Canadian Ski Patrol.

In January 2013, a ski instructor was killed when he collided with a skiers at the bottom of a hill.


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