Tailor-made ski holidays to Kicking Horse 2026/2027
Kicking Horse Mountain Resort is a rugged, breathtakingly beautiful destination that captures the authentic spirit of a Canadian ski resort the moment you arrive. Renowned for its legendary steep terrain and deep champagne powder, it is the ultimate playground for passionate skiers and snowboarders.
Due to its unique location in British Columbia, we highly advise hiring a car to access Kicking Horse with ease. Having your own vehicle makes it incredibly easy to include Kicking Horse as part of a multi-resort ski holiday along the famous Powder Highway. If you are looking for massive international hotel chains or luxury day spas, this isn’t the place. You come to Kicking Horse for what matters most: world-class, uncompromised skiing.
About This Resort
Skiable Terrain: 3,486 acres
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60%Expert
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20%Intermediate
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20%Beginners
Resort Features:
- Off the Beaten Track
- Off the Slope Activities
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£100 per person discount!
Book by: October 30, 2026
£100 per person discount!
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Resort info
Kicking Horse is a rugged yet beautiful in its own way kind of resort. Part of its charm is that you know you are in a Canadian ski resort as soon as you arrive. We strongly advise car hire on a Kicking Horse ski holiday, also due to it’s location it works well as part of a multi-resort holiday. Not the place to go to if you are wanting big international chain hotels or luxury spa’s you are here for the amazing skiing and champagne powder.
There are spectacular views from the slopes of Kicking Horse, where dramatic, craggy peaks rise high above wide open bowls; nowhere else can you ride a single gondola right to the summit, providing stunning views of the Rocky Mountains and surrounding national parks, as well as easy access to alpine ridges and bowls. These same ridges and bowls keep the snow stashed deeper and longer, which is why Kicking Horse is known as the Champagne Powder Capital of Canada™.
The gondola ride to the top of Eagle’s Eye is stunning in itself, with views of sharp peaks punctuating the sky and trails of all descriptions passing beneath. Kicking Horse has terrain for novices and intermediates mostly at mid-mountain off of the Catamount and Stairway to Heaven chairs however there is the long winding “It’s a ten” green run which you can ride down from the top of the Golden Eye Gondola and then branch off to the other beginner/intermediate terrain lower down the mountain. However for those looking for advanced and extreme terrain Kicking Horse really does fit the bill.
The upper parts of the mountain offer great challenging terrain especially over at Super Bowl from the aptly named Terminator Peaks. The double blacks on this part of the mountain will have you saying “I’ll be back” time and time again.
Boasting the fourth highest vertical in North America at 4314ft, the resort offers plenty of steep off-piste routes, several accessed only by hiking and plenty of tough trails too; the chutes in Super Bowl have increased the resort’s feast of double Black Diamond terrain still further while the most recently added traverse on Redemption Ridge made for easier access to Feuz Bowl. A Kicking Horse ski holiday is a “must do” for any advanced skiers with a cosy village surrounding the base of the jaw dropping terrain.
Off the slopes
Kicking Horse’s mountain village has several different accommodation options from condo-style hotel rooms at the base and several lodges that are ski-in. In resort there are a few dining options; with Whitetooth Grill in the day lodge and the Double Black Café right by the gondola offering casual dining options. The Winston Bar & Bistro located at Winston Lodge and Peaks Grill are your main bar options. Although nightlife is limited on a ski holiday to Kicking Horse you haven’t come here to party you are here to ski the legendary powder.
No visit to Kicking Horse Mountain Resort is complete without taking a gondola to the top of the mountain and visiting Canada’s most elevated dining experience, Eagle’s Eye Restaurant. It’s very popular so reservations are essential! Talk to us about the unique experience of staying up at the peak too.
While Kicking Horse resort is all about the mountain, if you do hanker for a party on your Kicking Horse ski holiday, downtown Golden, a short drive from the resort has more après on offer. The Rockwater Grill & Bar offering everything from music to comedy, and the Golden Taps Bar which has an excellent selection of craft beers on tap to name a few. It is well worth visiting Golden when staying in Kicking Horse to experience a taste of real Canada.
The resort has a tube park, open day and nights and accessed by the Jelly Bean surface lift, as well as a skating rink in the gondola plaza. There are some great Nordic Trails, plus snowshoeing and snowmobiling on offer. You can also heli-ski right from the resort village with Purcell Heli-Ski.
Resort Stats
| Transfer / Driving Time Calgary (3 hrs) |
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| Base elevation 3,900 feet |
Terrain Park No actual park but there are some obstacles near the base |
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| Top elevation 8,218 feet |
Avg annual snowfall up to 290 inches |
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| Vertical drop 4,314 feet |
Lift capacity 14,916 skiers per hour |
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| Number of runs 120+ |
Ski season December 1 to mid April |
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| Number of lifts 6 |
Skiable terrain 3,486 acres – 15% Expert, 20% advanced, 45% intermediate & 20% beginners |
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