Kicking Horse
Ratings
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Key facts
| Altitude | 1190–2450 m |
| Vertical drop | 1,260 m |
| Pistes advertised | 3,486 acres |
| Pistes mapped on OSM | 49.8 km |
| Lifts (mapped near village) | 4 · 75% gondola/4+ chair |
| Day pass | CA$149 |
| Passes | none |
| Avg snowfall (mid) | 3.4 m / season |
| Nearest airport | YYC · 180 min |
Snow & weather
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The last three winters at 1820 m
When to go
| Month | Avg snowfall | Tuesday 11:00 | Saturday 11:00 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec | 69 cm | ~0.9 min | ~1.5 min | SWEET SPOT |
| Jan | 37 cm | ~1.6 min | ~4.8 min | |
| Feb | 67 cm | ~2 min | ~3.6 min | |
| Mar | 63 cm | ~2 min | ~4.1 min |
Snowfall from three past winters, waits from the queue model (average across lifts, mid-month, holidays included where they fall).
Lift queues
Typical week (February, since the resort is closed now)
Map
Where to sleep 5 places mapped · 2 ski-in/ski-out
Ski access score: 9.5 means ski-in/ski-out (a piste within 70 m and a lift within 600 m). Each minute of walking to the nearest lift costs about half a point. Distances are straight lines on OpenStreetMap, so add about 30% for the walk.
Pistes
| Easy (blue / green) | 15.9 km · 32% |
| Intermediate (red / blue) | 14.8 km · 30% |
| Advanced (black) | 16.3 km · 33% |
| Expert | 2.8 km · 6% |
Longest named runs
| It's a Ten | 7.1 km |
| Wiley Coyote | 1.9 km |
| Cloud Nine | 1.7 km |
| Race Place | 1.6 km |
| Grizzly Paw | 1.5 km |
| Kicking Horse | 1.5 km |
| Big Ol' Bear | 1.5 km |
| Sluiceway | 1.4 km |
Après & food
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Getting there
Nearest major airport: YYC, about 180 min away by road. Directions · Flights
Kicking Horse Mountain Resort (KHMR) is a ski resort located 6.4 kilometres (4.0 mi) west of Golden, British Columbia, Canada. It features over 120 trails across more than 3,486 acres (14.11 km2) of skiable terrain and a 1,315-metre (4,314 ft) vertical drop, currently the seventh largest of any North American ski resort and third largest in Canada. The resort, named after the nearby Kicking Horse River and Kicking Horse Pass, spans the easternmost slope of the Dogtooth Range of the Purcell Mountains overlooking the Rocky Mountain Trench. It is located roughly 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of Glacier National Park and 23 kilometres (14 mi) west of Yoho National Park. Wikipedia