Kicking Horse Resort ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Kicking Horse Resort is a ski area in British Columbia, Canada. Its 58 mapped downhill runs add up to 46 km, which ranks it #19 of 403 ski areas in Canada and gives it 1.3% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 796 m long.

Slopes at Kicking Horse Resort

About 35% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 32% intermediate and 33% advanced or expert, which makes Kicking Horse Resort best suited to confident and advanced skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 5 lifts: 3 chairlifts, 1 gondola, 1 magic carpet. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,261 m up to 2,423 m, a vertical drop of 1,162 m — the kind of long descents found in big Alpine-style resorts. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.

Getting to Kicking Horse Resort

The nearest airport is Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC), about 208 km away in a straight line — roughly 4 h 30 min by car; Calgary International Airport (YYC) is 214 km away. Nearby ski areas include Dawn Mountain Nordic, Golden Golf Course, Lake Louise Ski Area (80.4 km) and Revelstoke Mountain Resort (83.6 km), which together add 241 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.