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Winter fun in Cape Breton - Skiing - Snow Shoeing - Cross country skiing - Ski Cape Smokey and North Highlands Nordic Ski center



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Our Backyard - Our Playground

Yours to explore and Yours to enjoy

Ski Cape Smokey this winter why not come and enjoy what mother nature gives to us in amazing amounts...Snow and lots of fun. The perfect winter weekend getaway.

Come ski Cape Smokey only a 45 minute drive from our hostel, 11 runs to ski, or snow board, bunny hill for beginners, watch & have a hot chocolate or a meal in the lodge,fun for everybody.

Since the new ownership Ski Cape Smokey has been a hive of activity, some locals liken it to the older days,

Or go cross country skiing, snow shoeing at the North highlands Nordic Ski trail only 2 minutes from our hostel.

Enjoy:

  • Snow boarding
  • Downhill skiing
  • Tubing
  • Cross country skiing
  • Enjoy a hot chocolate, beer and a meal in the lodge

You can find all of this and more at The Winter Capital of Canada

Apres Ski

Your  Accommodations, place to stay.

After a day at ski Cape Smokey having the best fun of your life,come back to the Highlands Hostel and snuggle up to our warm fire,enjoy a hot chocolate and dream about the next days fun.

Enjoy some music, play some board games,have a game of darts enjoy good company, and plan your next days adventures.

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Come Ski Cape Smokey

This is Atlantic Canada’s first and only gondola, providing renewed access to the entire ski hill in winter. The gondola will run year-round, to provide a new experience and views to visitors and tourists of the Cabot Trail.

Leitner-Poma has notable gondolas and chairlifts across the world, including Whistler, British Columbia and Banff Park, Alberta.

Open..Open

Open till Easter 2023

We've got the accommodation covered, Ski Cape Smokey have the snow making covered, book your skiing vacation now.

Smokey gondolas

Where's the snow!! You're a little too early Bricin, it will be here soon.

Ski Cape Smokey

Skiing Weather

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Open: Friday-Saturday-Sunday & Monday's

Hours: 10.00am - 6.30pm

Please check the Ski Cape Smokey Facebook page for any additional days or special events.HERE

Cape Smokey

2023 Season start date to be announced later

45 Minutes from Highlands Hostel, Book your accommodation now, after a day of skiing relax in front of our roaring fire.

Address:

38696 Cabot Trail

Ingonish Beach, Nova Scotia


Phone:

Call (902) 285-2760

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Weekly Skiing

Once the snow is down and we are able to open, we welcome you to join us any or every Friday Saturday  Sunday and Monday's for open family skiing from 8:45am till 4:00pm. Watch for our special Event and Race weekends on our Calendar of Events as the hill will be busier with more on-site activities and entertainment on those weekends.

Ski Cape Smokey has been premier ski resort destination in Atlantic Canada for many years that delighted visitors with exceptional skiing from mountain to ocean in one of Canada's most scenic and popular destination areas. For the last 10 or more years, Ski Cape Smokey operated under the passion and perseverance of local community volunteers.

In 2019, new owners finalized the details of purchasing the property and have great vision and plans for Cape Smokey. Cape Smokey Holdings have committed to limited operation of the Ski Hill and lodge facilities for the 2019 / 2020 season as a transition year and as an opportunity for all who have fond memories to come see the old lodge and hill one last season before re-development begins.
Ski Cape Smokey will open limited days and with only the poma lift in operation as the chair lift is not operational and will be replaced with a Gondola in the future.

There will be event and race weekends as well as a Craft Beer festival and many other events to come enjoy so check back regularly for more information.
We welcome you to come visit us this season to share in some past nostalgia of Ski Cape Smokey as well as catch a glimpse of the vision of the new Ski Cape Smokey!
See you on Top of old Smokey this season!

Mountain Statistics

  • Peak Elevation

    320 m

  • Vertical

    305 m

  • Runs

    11

  • Skiable Terrain

    59 acres

  • Base Elevation

    15 m

  • Average Snowfall

    381 cm

  • Longest Run

    2.4km

Lifts

  • Poma Lift

    Vertical: 200 m / 656 ft

  • Sneak Peak Express

    Snowmobile shuttle to top of the Mountain

  • Gondola – To be Built in 2021

    Vertical: 320 m / 1049 ft

  • Chair Lift

    Not in Operation

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Ski runs at Cape Smokey waiting for you

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Make The Highlands Hostel your winter getaway

You never know who you will see at the Hostel, join us for the holidays we have our 18 foot Christmas tree and roaring fire, that's if Santa isn't hogging the fire while he takes a nap, we can accommodate up to 25 so book your Christmas getaway with us now. Book here

Ski weekend getaways

Santa taking a nap, hope he doesn't forget his bag of toys.

weekend getaways

Look who had some time to do some fishing before landing at Highlands Hostel.

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Cape North Weather

This is a magical time of the year for us here in Cape North, people ask us what is there to do there in the winter?.

Spend a weekend with us and we can fill your phone with spots to see and maybe, just maybe you will have time to see them all, if not you know where we are for your next visit.

Make sure you and your vehicle are prepared for our winter wonderland weather.

let it snow, let it snow,let it snow

This is just the start of our winter December 18th 2018 North Mountain, they figure the drifts are over 12 feet

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Roaring fire

Here’s what Tineke wrote

“Great place to stay! We felt very welcome and with the other guests we had a good time! Because of the storm no electricity for a few hours but right away cozy oil lamps everywhere. What a romantic evening!”

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