Castle Mountain Webcam – Check the Snow in Southern Alberta

Live Alberta Canada Mountains Ski Slopes 📍 Castle Mountain Resort, West Castle, Alberta, Canada

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About this webcam

The Castle Mountain Webcam shows Castle Mountain Resort in the southern Canadian Rockies of southwest Alberta, through four cameras the resort runs on its own slopes. The main North Road view looks down over a forested valley to a long ridge on the far side, with a red lift tower standing in the foreground. Two cameras sit at the Tamarack chair, which the resort also calls the Red Chair: one looks up a broad slope and a winding cat track toward the summit ridge, the other looks over a red metal roof to a dark wooded ridge. The Storm Cam watches the snow stake, a board marked from 10 to 60 centimeters (4 to 24 inches). In mid-November the slopes carry only thin patches of early snow, and the stake is the first place a new storm shows up.

About Castle Mountain Resort

Castle Mountain Resort sits in the West Castle valley, about 46 kilometers (28 miles) by road southwest of Pincher Creek, and the resort describes itself as the second largest ski area in Alberta by acreage. Its terrain covers 1,454 hectares (3,592 acres) on two mountains, Gravenstafel Peak and Mount Haig, with more than 115 runs and eight alpine bowls. The base lies at 1,425 meters (4,675 feet) and the summit at 2,295 meters (7,530 feet), a vertical of 870 meters (2,854 feet). The resort reports an average of 850 centimeters (335 inches) of snow a year, which it says is the most of any resort in Alberta.

Skiing here began in December 1965, when the area opened with T-bar lifts and a Swiss-style base lodge. It hosted the alpine events of the 1975 Canada Winter Games and then passed to the Town and Municipal District of Pincher Creek. In 1996 a group of skiers formed Castle Mountain Resort Inc. and bought the hill, and today more than 200 mostly local shareholders own it. Mount Haig opened as a second ski mountain in December 2006, adding intermediate and novice runs to the steep terrain on Gravenstafel.

The biggest change in decades came in February 2026, when the Stagecoach Express opened on Mount Haig as the first high-speed chairlift at Castle. The quad ran at Sunshine Village near Banff as the Angel Express before it was rebuilt here. It is 1,423 meters (4,669 feet) long, climbs 558 meters (1,831 feet), and opened 22 runs on terrain that had been used for cat skiing, taking the run count from 94 to more than 115.

Weather and Climate at Castle Mountain

Averages for the base elevation over 2011 to 2025 put January highs near -3°C (27°F) and lows near -10°C (14°F), with February a little colder at about -4°C (25°F) by day and -12°C (10°F) at night. The summit is usually colder still. Snow is possible at the base from September through May, and the Storm Cam tab on the Castle Mountain Webcam shows how much a single storm has added. Spring arrives slowly, with April highs around 6°C (43°F) and May highs near 12°C (54°F), and the higher ridges in the North Road view tend to hold their snow well after the valley floor has gone green.

Summer is short and mild. July and August highs average about 23°C (73°F), with nights near 10°C to 11°C (50°F to 52°F), and the cameras show green slopes and bare cat tracks. September cools to highs near 17°C (63°F) and October to about 8°C (46°F). By November highs hover around 1°C (34°F), and the Red Chair slopes start to collect the patchy early snow that is on screen in mid-November.

Things to Do Near Castle Mountain

In winter the lifts are the main draw: one high-speed quad, two triple chairs, two double chairs, a T-bar and a magic carpet. Gravenstafel Peak holds the long fall-line runs and the Chutes terrain the resort is known for, while Mount Haig, served by the Huckleberry chair and the Stagecoach Express, has gentler runs for intermediates and beginners. The base village has the Castle Mountain Ski Lodge and RV sites. Highway 774, the road in through Beaver Mines, has been paved all the way since 2018, and the drive takes about two and a half hours from Calgary or 90 minutes from Lethbridge.

In summer the resort signs and maintains hiking trails in the Castle Parks, the Castle Provincial Park and Castle Wildland Provincial Park created in 2017, and the T-Bar Pub is the only food service in the park. The Village Trail is an easy 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) walk along the West Castle River to Pebble Beach. The Haig Lake loop, the most popular hike, climbs about 410 to 420 meters (1,345 to 1,378 feet) to an alpine lake. The Gravenstafel Peak route gains 940 meters (3,084 feet) over 6.8 kilometers (4.2 miles), following the maintenance road to the top of the Tamarack chair before a short scramble to views into British Columbia and out over the prairies. Farther afield, the Frank Slide Interpretive Centre in the Crowsnest Pass covers the history and geology of the great rockslide there, and Waterton Lakes National Park lies to the southeast.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Castle Mountain Resort located?

Castle Mountain Resort is in the southern Canadian Rockies of southwest Alberta, Canada, in the West Castle valley. It is about 46 kilometers (28 miles) by road southwest of Pincher Creek, reached on Highway 774 through Beaver Mines.

What can you see on the Castle Mountain Webcam?

The main North Road camera looks over a forested valley to a long ridge, with a red lift tower in front. Two Tamarack (Red) Chair cameras show the slopes and a summit ridge, and the Storm Cam shows the snow stake.

What is the weather like at Castle Mountain in winter?

Winter is cold and snowy. January highs at the base average about -3°C (27°F) and lows about -10°C (14°F), and the summit is usually colder.

How much snow does Castle Mountain get?

The resort reports an annual average of 850 centimeters (335 inches) of snowfall, with 709 centimeters (279 inches) in the 2023/2024 season and 732 centimeters (288 inches) in 2022/2023.

How big is Castle Mountain Resort?

It covers 1,454 hectares (3,592 acres) on two mountains, with more than 115 runs, eight alpine bowls and 870 meters (2,854 feet) of vertical from a base at 1,425 meters (4,675 feet).

What is the Stagecoach Express at Castle Mountain?

It is the first high-speed chairlift at Castle, a quad that opened on Mount Haig in February 2026. It came from Sunshine Village, where it ran as the Angel Express, and it opened 22 new runs on former cat skiing terrain.

How far is Castle Mountain from Calgary?

The resort puts the drive at about two and a half hours from Calgary and about 90 minutes from Lethbridge.

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