Crabbe Mountain
| Crabbe Mountain | |
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| File:Crabbe Mountian.jpg | |
| Location | Central Hainesville, Bright Parish, York County, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Nearest city | Fredericton |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Top elevation | 404 m (1325 ft) |
| Base elevation | 145 m (475 ft) |
| Skiable area | 0.35 km² (87 acres) |
| Runs | 27 |
| Longest run | 2.0 km (6,600 ft) |
| Lift system | 3 1 quad chair, (1 rope tow, and 1 T-Bar) |
| Terrain parks | 3 |
| Snowfall | Average 330 cm (10.83 ft) /year
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| Snowmaking | 53 % |
| Night skiing | Yes, on 6 trails |
| Website | http://www.crabbemountain.com |
Crabbe Mountain is a Canadian alpine ski hill in Central Hainesville, New Brunswick near the intersection of Route 104 and Route 610.
New Brunswick's highest vertical at 853 feet offers challenging terrain for skiers of all abilities. Crabbe Mountain has a wide-open beginner area with a pony lift for those just starting out. There's a wide variety of groomed, ungroomed, cruising trails and steep pitches. Crabbe offers many woods/glades runs, and they have some features such as tree rails, rock jumps and northshores. Crabbe also has three terrain parks. They have features such as jumps, hip transfers, spine transfers and rails and is one of the best terrain parks in the Maritimes.
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Trails
| Trail | Difficulty |
|---|---|
| 1. Beginner Hill |  |
| 2. Rockstar Terrain Park |  |
| 3. Dave's Dream | |
| 4. Upper Dave's Dream |  |
| 5. Greg's Way | |
| 6. Diddle Daddle | |
| 7. Diddle Daddle Glades | |
| 8. Sun Valley Glades | |
| 9. The Glades | |
| 10. Little brave | |
| 11. War Dance | |
| 12. Pole Line | |
| 13. Hume's Flume | |
| 14. Flume Chute | |
| 15. Whopper | |
| 16. King's Horn | |
| 17. Chair Line | |
| 18. Elgee's Bumps | |
| 19. Norm's Nightmare | |
| 20. Hot Dog | |
| 21. Tippy Canoe | |
| 22. Harold's Fun Run | |
| 23. Pug's powder | |
| 24. Steve's Drive-thru | |
| 25. Little Dodgem Glades | |
| 26. Dineen's Ravine | |
| 27. Dax Trax | |
Crabbe also features 30 kilometres, 18+ miles of cross country skiing trails
Lifts
Crabbe has 1 Quad chair lift, 1 T-bar lifts and 1 rope tow.
Terrain Park
Check out the Crabbe Mountain website for info: http://www.crabbemountain.com/mountain/terrain_park/
Race Club
Crabbe Mountain also has a very successful race club, it does extremely well in the atlantic circuit and has also won a few major competitions including a gold in Super G the Canadian nationals. They also have several athletes participating in the 2011 Canada Games.
Other Services
The Crabbe Mountain base lodge offers a lounge, cafeteria, retail and rental shop. Ski and board lessons are available and the mountain is patrolled by the Canadian Ski Patrol.
History
In January 2013, a ski instructor[1] was killed when he collided with a skiers at the bottom of a hill.[2]
