Alberta ski hills prepare for new ski season [Video]

Many local ski hills have opened for the winter season after the province experienced large amounts of snow and cooler temperatures earlier this week.

Ski hills including Marmot Basin in Jasper and Rabbit Hill have opened their doors for the 2024-25 skiing season, with Snow Valley opening up on Saturday.

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Brian Rode, the vice president of Marmot Basin, spoke with CTV News Edmonton on Friday about welcoming guests back to the hill after the town’s summer wildfires.

“Obviously a major challenge here this summer and this fall,” said Rode. “We’re so happy that we’re (fully) open for this season.”

Rode said the ski hill is opening in stages which is “typical of the early season” and that all but one of the lifts are fully operational.

One of the challenges staff faced was having less …