Kicking Horse

Kicking Horse is Awesome

I''ve just returned from two weeks at KHMR, following on from two weeks in Feb 2011. The hill is the best I''ve skied anywhere for several reasons, (1) terrain, (2) quality and quantity of snow, (3) lack of people especially midweek means no queues, (4) friendly relaxed atmosphere, and small intimate nature of the resort.  

The hill has good terrain for all standards of skiers/riders, but it really is mostly about advanced and experts. I wouldn''t class this as a "family mountain". After opening the Super Bowl this season (making 4 alpine bowls to play in) there are now 85 chutes inside the ski area boundary. It''s like having access to back-country skiing without all that hiking! Many of the double black chutes would be triple black on other hills!  

One slight downer is the lack of a shuttle bas service to the local town of Golden. So you''re stuck at the resort area if you don''t have a car.  

All in all Kicking Horse is brilliant a hill for the serious skier/rider. I''ll be going back again next year.

milson kicking horse and CMH trip

Kicking Horse. Arrived in Calgary at 6.25pm to be met promptly by Pure travel rep. David. At that stage we had been travelling for 26 hours and had not eaten that well. When we suggested to him to allow us 3/4 of an hour to allow us to get a meal at the Delta Hotel, he informed us that he, by law, could not drive after 12 midnight and that we would need to leave immediately as he would run out of time. Needless to say, this was rubbish as he was able to get us there by 10.25 pm to find all the food places closed in Kicking Horse. But, after a bad start, it was all great after that. The Moutaineer Lodge was excellent, the Phat Camp skiing program was great value, the food at the Cork restuarant was to die for, no queue lines, great snow and very friendly people. To such an extent that we are thinking of taking our whole family plus friends back there in Jan. 2012. Great advice there Abigail. Then onto CMH with the Ross Grant group at Bobbie Burns. To summarise, fabulous, famous and never to be forgotten. On the last Friday, we skied in Camelot conditions. Even the guides said it does''nt get any better than that. Wonderful snow, bluebird day and skiing in God''s garden.Enough indeed.  

Intermediate to the most challenging terrain

Kicking Horse is for people who want to go skiing with its long 4000 ft top to bottom.

The Gondola takes you right to the top so no freezing on chair lifts. Every run ends up back at the gondola.

Take your pick of easy to the most advanced terrain and best of all no crowds.This is a skiers mountain and boarders. A hard corp but friendly local crew. Does not suit the glam set.