Castle Mountain Announces First High Speed Lift & 25% More Lift Accessed, Skiable Terrain For 25/26

Castle Mountain Resort is embarking on a transformative chairlift project, to enhance the skiing and riding experience of its guests, through the installation of a high-speed quad chairlift into its existing cat skiing terrain, on Mt. Haig. This new lift, which will be known as the Stagecoach Express, will provide access to more terrain, alleviate base area congestion, and capitalize on a deeper snowpack. It is expected to give access to a mix of beginner, intermediate, and advanced terrain, showcasing amazing views of Rainy Ridge, Mount Haig, and the West Castle Valley, as well as lots of great skiing / snowboarding.

The Stagecoach Express will be an refurbished high-speed lift, installed in time for the 2025/2026 season. The project represents Castle’s single largest on-mountain infrastructure investment in the resorts’ near 60-year history. Additionally, the resort’s lift serviced, skiable area will increase by more than 25%, with Stagecoach Express representing the first lift installation at the resort, since the 2006/07 season (Huckleberry Chair).

Castle Mountain is a ski resort located in the Westcastle Valley of southwest Alberta, Canada in the Rocky Mountains. It is approximately 260 kilometres (160 mi) from Calgary and the Calgary International Airport; 140 kilometres (87 mi) from Lethbridge; and 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of Pincher Creek. The resort is renowned for long steep runs and an average 8.5 metres (28 ft) of snowfall yearly.

Despite the name, Castle Mountain Resort is not actually on Castle Mountain, which is about 240 kilometres (150 mi) away within Banff National Park. The name is derived from the Castle Rivers, and the nearby Windsor Mountain. Windsor Mountain was originally named by the Blakiston group of the Palliser Expedition as Castle Mountain, within days of the naming of the Banff peak by the Palliser group of the Palliser Expedition. The name was changed to Windsor Mountain due to its shape and visible 'towers', which are still named as the Castle Peaks, which resemble Windsor Castle.

The resort maintains 94 ski trails including 8 alpine bowls, with 10% beginner, 30% intermediate, 40% advanced, 20% expert terrain.  Six lift systems with vertical rises from 445 to 50 m with the highest vertical being 863 m, are operated on the slopes of Mount Haig and Gravenstafel Ridge.

Castle Mountain Resort was opened in 1966. It was the site of the 1975 Canada Winter Games.