Alberta · Canada · ski area
Nakiska ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Nakiska is a ski area in Alberta, Canada with 27 km of mapped downhill runs and 7 lifts, between 1,499 m and 2,265 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 27 km
- Lifts
- 7
- Top elevation
- 2,265 m
- Vertical drop
- 766 m
- Nearest airport
- YYC · 83 km
Slopes by difficulty
55 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 4 Chairlifts
- 2 Magic carpets
- 1 Button lifts
Nakiska is a ski area in Alberta, Canada. Its 55 mapped downhill runs add up to 27 km, which ranks it #31 of 403 ski areas in Canada and gives it 0.8% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 494 m long.
Slopes at Nakiska
About 18% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 50% intermediate and 32% advanced or expert, which makes Nakiska best suited to confident and advanced skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 7 lifts: 4 chairlifts, 2 magic carpets, 1 button lift. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,499 m up to 2,265 m, a vertical drop of 766 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.
Getting to Nakiska
The nearest airport is Calgary International Airport (YYC), about 83 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 48 min by car; Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC) is 155 km away. Nearby ski areas include Ribbon Creek, Fortress Mountain Resort (31.4 km), Mt. Shark and Canmore Nordic Centre, which together add 56 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Nakiska
- 1 YYC83 kmstraight line
- 2 YXC155 kmstraight line
- 3 YQL223 kmstraight line
- 4 YCG254 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Nakiska
- 3 kmRibbon Creekup to 2,077 m
- 15 kmFortress Mountain Resort31 km of slopes · up to 2,314 m
- 18 kmMt. Sharkup to 1,824 m
- 22 kmCanmore Nordic Centreup to 1,548 m
- 28 kmKananaskis Lakes Cross Country Ski Trailsup to 2,122 m
- 41 kmMt Norquay25 km of slopes · 7 lifts · up to 2,092 m
- 45 kmBanff Sunshine Village77 km of slopes · 14 lifts · up to 2,686 m
- 57 kmNipikaup to 1,154 m
- 68 kmWinSport (Canada Olympic Park)3.2 km of slopes · 7 lifts · up to 1,267 m
- 82 kmFairmont Hot Springs13 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 1,477 m
- 88 kmLake Louise Ski Area80 km of slopes · 13 lifts · up to 2,642 m
- 93 kmPanorama Mountain Resort74 km of slopes · 10 lifts · up to 2,368 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.