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Vermillion at Lake Louise Ski Resort

Intermediate · 269 m long with 68 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 21° at its steepest, facing SW.

21°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
269 mlength
68 mvertical
2252 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

Vermillion is south-west-facing: warm afternoon sun, softens and refreezes the most after the sunniest aspect.

How to get to Vermillion

Lifts that reach the top: Richardson's Ridge Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 25 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Grizzly Express Gondola
  2. Ski Pika (easy)
  3. Ski Old Ptarmigan (intermediate)
  4. Ski Pika (easy)
  5. Ride Richardson's Ridge Express
  6. Ski Merlin (intermediate)
  7. Ski Vermillion (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Pika. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Paradise (1 min), Richardson's Ridge Express (4 min), Prunepicker (4 min).

See Vermillion on the 3D mapAll runs at Lake Louise Ski Resort
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.