Marmot Basin ready for 2024/25 ski season [Video]

A popular tourist attraction and bookings for several wedding venues in Jasper are opening up next month.

It was announced that the Marmot Basin ski resort will be open for the 2024/25 season sometime in November, just in time for ski season.

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Brian Rode, the vice-president of Marmot Basin, spoke with CTV Morning Live’s Cory Edel about the status of the hill.

“Nothing was damaged at Marmot Basin … (The wildfire) came within about a half a kilometre below our lower chalet, but it didn’t encroach on the ski area,” said Rode. “So all of our lifts, all of our buildings, all of our infrastructure, completely untouched.”

While many essential workers and displaced residents are occupying hotels, Rode said – aside from the two hotels that were lost to the fire – many more are in the process of opening …