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🇨🇦 Kicking Horse
Snowlist score ⓘ5.6
Snow /10 ⓘ4.8
Terrain /10 ⓘ4.6
Queues /10 ⓘ6.9
Value /10 ⓘ4.2
Altitude1190–2450 m
Vertical1260 m
Mapped pistes49.8 km
Advertised3486 acres
Avg snowfall3.4 m
Powder days0
Lifts mapped4
Modern lifts75%
Typical wait2.6 min
Day passCA$149 (€98)
Passnone
Ski-in/out places2
Bars0
AirportYYC · 180 min
SeasonDec 11 to Apr 12
What the scores mean

Snowlist score is one number out of 10 for the whole resort. It mixes seven sub-scores: snow 25%, terrain 25%, queues 15%, lifts 10%, value 10%, access 10%, après 5%. Then it is spread on a bell curve, so 6.5 is a normal good resort, 8 or more is rare and under 5 means real trade-offs. It is not a star rating: a 7 here is better than most.

  • Snow: average snowfall over the last three winters at mid-mountain, plus top altitude, minus a penalty for a warm village.
  • Terrain: piste km we measured on OpenStreetMap (not the brochure) and vertical drop.
  • Queues: our predicted average wait across the season. 10 = you barely queue.
  • Value: what you get (snow, terrain, lifts) per euro of day pass, ranked against every resort.

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