Kimberley, British Columbia · Canada · ski area
Kimberley Alpine Resort ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Kimberley Alpine Resort is a ski area in Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada with 60 km of mapped downhill runs and 5 lifts, between 1,234 m and 1,904 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 60 km
- Lifts
- 5
- Top elevation
- 1,904 m
- Vertical drop
- 670 m
- Nearest airport
- YXC · 20 km
Slopes by difficulty
70 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 3 Chairlifts
- 1 T-bars
- 1 Magic carpets
Kimberley Alpine Resort is a ski area in Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada. Its 70 mapped downhill runs add up to 60 km, which ranks it #13 of 403 ski areas in Canada and gives it 1.7% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 857 m long.
Slopes at Kimberley Alpine Resort
About 32% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 37% intermediate and 32% advanced or expert, which makes Kimberley Alpine Resort best suited to confident and advanced skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 5 lifts: 3 chairlifts, 1 t-bar, 1 magic carpet. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,234 m up to 1,904 m, a vertical drop of 670 m.
Getting to Kimberley Alpine Resort
The nearest airport is Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC), about 20 km away in a straight line — roughly 26 minutes by car; Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional Airport (YCG) is 123 km away. Nearby ski areas include Island Lake Cat Skiing, Fernie Alpine Resort (82.3 km), Fernie Golf Course and Fairmont Hot Springs (12.7 km), which together add 222 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Kimberley Alpine Resort
- 1 YXC20 kmstraight line
- 2 YCG123 kmstraight line
- 3 FCA200 kmstraight line
- 4 YYC214 kmstraight line
Kalispell, United StatesNearby
Ski resorts near Kimberley Alpine Resort
- 64 kmIsland Lake Cat SkiingSmall ski area
- 72 kmFernie Alpine Resort82 km of slopes · 10 lifts · up to 2,097 m
- 73 kmFernie Golf Courseup to 1,009 m
- 74 kmFairmont Hot Springs13 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 1,477 m
- 86 kmPanorama Mountain Resort74 km of slopes · 10 lifts · up to 2,368 m
- 86 kmWhitewater Ski Resort53 km of slopes · 5 lifts · up to 2,059 m
- 86 kmWapiti8.9 km of slopes · 1 lift · up to 1,649 m
- 90 kmNelson Nordicup to 1,223 m
- 104 kmAllison-Chinook Cross Country Ski Trails (Crowsnest Pass)up to 1,612 m
- 105 kmNipikaup to 1,154 m
- 107 kmSalmo Ski Area5.8 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 1,027 m
- 114 kmPass Powderkeg ski8.6 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 1,586 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.