Marmot Basin I Jasper Alberta

Marmot Basin is in Jasper National Park in Alberta, my home province and was our last stop on our first loop of Ski mountains. Unfortunately our timing turned out to be rather poor as we dropped into town in the middle of a cold snap. We skied 2 days, with a high of -18, the wind chill dropped that temperature another 10 degrees. The second day was so cold that we only completed 5 runs before abandoning the hill and retreating to the car to head home. My toes were so cold that even with 3 pairs of wool socks I nearly froze them off. The hostel we stayed at was nice though. It is the main HI hostel in Jasper and had an igloo, toboggan hill and most wonderfully a wood fire place that I parked myself in front of after the first day on the mountain. I do have this comment about marmot Basin, it was the most expensive hill to ski at ($77) and probably the smallest, and most boring. Even with only completing 5 runs the second day I felt bored as I had already hit most of the runs, as there is no variety between them. Overall Jasper got good marks, Marmot basin scored low 5/10.