Kicking Horse trail & lift map, slopes and snow forecast

Kicking Horse: piste map and stats

Kicking Horse is a ski resort in British Columbia, Canada. 62% of its kilometres are easy runs: good for learning. It has 50 km of pistes across 58 named runs and 5 lifts. The ski area goes from 1,262 to 2,424 m of altitude, with 1,162 m of vertical. Its steepest runs (steepest 50 m stretch) are Blow Down (60%, 31°), Euphoria (60%, 31°) and Pioneer (57%, 30°). The longest run is It's a Ten (7.1 km). The nearest ski resort is Lake Louise, 64 km away. Here you'll find every run with its gradient profile, the lifts and the on-mountain services; the interactive map shows them on satellite imagery.

Snow and weather at Kicking Horse

Snow forecast for the next 7 days (summit, 2,424 m): 3 cm (updated 14 November).

Terrain by difficulty

Green

15.8 km · 16

Blue

14.8 km · 18

Black

16.3 km · 27

Double black

2.8 km · 16

Lifts by type

Chairlift

4.2 km · 3

Gondola

3.2 km · 1

Magic carpet

0.1 km · 1

Runs, lifts and services

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It's a Tenmax 34% · 19°

7,130 m · 1,071 m vertical · avg. gradient 15.0% · 1,262–2,333 m altitude · Classic track

Wiley Coyotemax 47% · 25°

1,919 m · 536 m vertical · avg. gradient 28.0% · 1,262–1,798 m altitude · Classic track · 3 sections

Buffalo Jumpmax 49% · 26°

1,069 m · 358 m vertical · avg. gradient 33.5% · 1,417–1,775 m altitude · Classic track

Big Benmax 38% · 21°

825 m · 210 m vertical · avg. gradient 25.5% · 1,400–1,610 m altitude · Classic track

Huckleberrymax 20% · 12°

553 m · 89 m vertical · avg. gradient 16.0% · 2,028–2,117 m altitude

Home Runmax 31% · 17°

531 m · 72 m vertical · avg. gradient 13.5% · 1,311–1,382 m altitude

White Tailmax 15% · 9°

483 m · 48 m vertical · avg. gradient 10.0% · 1,299–1,347 m altitude

Cloud Ninemax 50% · 27°

1,670 m · 362 m vertical · avg. gradient 21.7% · 2,061–2,424 m altitude · Classic track

Big Ol' Bearmax 38% · 21°

1,464 m · 247 m vertical · avg. gradient 16.9% · 1,388–1,636 m altitude

Sluicewaymax 50% · 26°

1,448 m · 334 m vertical · avg. gradient 23.1% · 2,001–2,333 m altitude · Backcountry · 3 sections

Wapitimax 40% · 22°

803 m · 205 m vertical · avg. gradient 25.5% · 1,418–1,623 m altitude

Tail Spinmax 38% · 21°

786 m · 158 m vertical · avg. gradient 20.1% · 1,906–2,064 m altitude

Show Offmax 54% · 28°

778 m · 356 m vertical · avg. gradient 45.7% · 1,645–2,001 m altitude

Northern Lightsmax 24% · 14°

764 m · 156 m vertical · avg. gradient 20.5% · 2,146–2,303 m altitude

Got Your Goatmax 42% · 23°

669 m · 198 m vertical · avg. gradient 29.6% · 1,435–1,633 m altitude

Blastermax 32% · 18°

558 m · 159 m vertical · avg. gradient 28.6% · 1,706–1,866 m altitude

Knee Deepmax 28% · 16°

356 m · 86 m vertical · avg. gradient 24.2% · 2,006–2,092 m altitude · Classic track

Race Placemax 51% · 27°

1,582 m · 470 m vertical · avg. gradient 29.7% · 1,300–1,769 m altitude

Grizzly Pawmax 53% · 28°

1,542 m · 473 m vertical · avg. gradient 30.7% · 1,341–1,806 m altitude · 2 sections

Kicking Horsemax 37% · 21°

1,535 m · 516 m vertical · avg. gradient 33.6% · 1,304–1,820 m altitude · 2 sections

Porcupinemax 49% · 26°

1,414 m · 520 m vertical · avg. gradient 36.8% · 1,299–1,819 m altitude

Pioneermax 57% · 30°

1,314 m · 460 m vertical · avg. gradient 35.0% · 1,299–1,759 m altitude

Terminatormax 62% · 32°

1,219 m · 437 m vertical · avg. gradient 35.9% · 1,625–2,062 m altitude · Moguls

Fuez Ski Outmax 46% · 25°

978 m · 217 m vertical · avg. gradient 22.2% · 1,881–2,099 m altitude

Euphoriamax 60% · 31°

944 m · 300 m vertical · avg. gradient 31.8% · 1,804–2,104 m altitude · 2 sections

Golden Deliciousmax 61% · 31°

909 m · 248 m vertical · avg. gradient 27.2% · 2,046–2,294 m altitude

Milly Goat Traversemax 28% · 16°

906 m · 41 m vertical · avg. gradient 4.5% · 2,293–2,333 m altitude

Crazy Legsmax 51% · 27°

864 m · 266 m vertical · avg. gradient 30.9% · 2,116–2,383 m altitude

Double Headermax 65% · 33°

804 m · 410 m vertical · avg. gradient 51.0% · 1,644–2,054 m altitude · Moguls

Libertymax 60% · 31°

658 m · 362 m vertical · avg. gradient 55.1% · 1,686–2,048 m altitude · Classic track

Blow Downmax 60% · 31°

630 m · 326 m vertical · avg. gradient 51.7% · 1,704–2,029 m altitude

Bubblymax 61% · 31°

615 m · 260 m vertical · avg. gradient 42.4% · 1,784–2,045 m altitude

Redemption Ridge Traversemax 31% · 17°

606 m · 142 m vertical · avg. gradient 23.4% · 2,276–2,418 m altitude

Flying Dutchmanmax 35% · 19°

476 m · 159 m vertical · avg. gradient 33.4% · 2,173–2,332 m altitude · Backcountry

My Blue Heavenmax 50% · 26°

476 m · 176 m vertical · avg. gradient 37.0% · 2,246–2,422 m altitude

Think Twicemax 49% · 26°

399 m · 102 m vertical · avg. gradient 25.6% · 2,186–2,288 m altitude

Double Digitsmax 64% · 32°

257 m · 112 m vertical · avg. gradient 43.8% · 2,185–2,298 m altitude · Backcountry

Lynxmax 46% · 25°

212 m · 94 m vertical · avg. gradient 44.2% · 1,639–1,732 m altitude

Brigg's Bragmax 42% · 23°

178 m · 62 m vertical · avg. gradient 34.5% · 1,967–2,028 m altitude

Nose Divemax 33% · 18°

178 m · 74 m vertical · avg. gradient 41.5% · 1,612–1,686 m altitude · Classic track

Wolverinemax 67% · 34°

170 m · 85 m vertical · avg. gradient 49.9% · 1,630–1,715 m altitude

Middle Ridgemax 74% · 36°

Backcountry

Glorymax 81% · 39°

431 m · 233 m vertical · avg. gradient 54.0% · 2,166–2,398 m altitude · Backcountry

Rip the Worldmax 83% · 40°

333 m · 209 m vertical · avg. gradient 62.9% · 2,181–2,390 m altitude · Backcountry

Puntermax 68% · 34°

317 m · 192 m vertical · avg. gradient 60.5% · 2,199–2,390 m altitude · Backcountry

Wild Cardmax 77% · 38°

272 m · 156 m vertical · avg. gradient 57.5% · 2,170–2,327 m altitude · Backcountry

139max 77% · 37°

238 m · 140 m vertical · avg. gradient 58.9% · 2,189–2,329 m altitude · Backcountry

Evil Empiremax 80% · 39°

207 m · 135 m vertical · avg. gradient 65.2% · 2,170–2,305 m altitude · Backcountry

3rd Downmax 79% · 38°

165 m · 115 m vertical · avg. gradient 69.7% · 2,169–2,284 m altitude · Backcountry

140max 72% · 36°

148 m · 103 m vertical · avg. gradient 69.5% · 2,179–2,281 m altitude · Backcountry

143max 84% · 40°

141 m · 99 m vertical · avg. gradient 70.4% · 2,150–2,249 m altitude · Backcountry

141max 81% · 39°

140 m · 91 m vertical · avg. gradient 65.1% · 2,182–2,273 m altitude · Backcountry

144max 68% · 34°

134 m · 85 m vertical · avg. gradient 63.5% · 2,151–2,236 m altitude · Backcountry

142max 67% · 34°

134 m · 87 m vertical · avg. gradient 65.1% · 2,180–2,267 m altitude · Backcountry

Unnecessary Roughnessmax 70% · 35°

129 m · 77 m vertical · avg. gradient 59.6% · 2,178–2,254 m altitude · Backcountry

T2 North Ridgemax 69% · 35°

Backcountry

Fuez Bowlmax 72% · 36°

Backcountry

Rudi's Bowlmax 70% · 35°

Backcountry

Frequently asked questions

How many kilometres of pistes does Kicking Horse have?

Kicking Horse has 50 km of pistes, measured run by run on the map: 58 named runs and 5 lifts.

What altitude is Kicking Horse at?

Its runs and lifts go from 1,262 to 2,424 m of altitude, with 1,162 m of vertical.

What is the steepest run at Kicking Horse?

Blow Down, with a 60% gradient on its steepest 50 m stretch.

What is the longest run at Kicking Horse?

It's a Ten, at 7.1 km.

What runs does Kicking Horse have by difficulty?

Green: 12.5 km (7 runs); Blue: 9.3 km (10 runs); Black: 18.9 km (25 runs); Double black: 2.8 km (16 runs).

About this data

Piste km: the length of each piste, measured once along its line on the map. Resorts usually advertise more, as they add itineraries, variants or wide pistes counted as several runs; and sometimes a piste is still missing from OpenStreetMap.

Data quality

Named runs65 / 77

Difficulty tagged100%

Lighting tagged3%

Snowmaking tagged0%

Lift capacity tagged80%

Grip type tagged0%

Snowmaking and ski patrol are rarely tagged in OpenStreetMap — it doesn't mean they don't exist, just that hardly anyone maps them yet.