Kicking Horse ski area, British Columbia

  ya i from saskatchewan and me and few buddies went to this mountain. This was the best trip of a life time says boarder.

Kicking Horse is a greater than average ski hill having a magnificent vertical drop if compared to other Western Canada ski mountains. This ski mountain boasts heavier than average snow each ski season. Kicking Horse has a splendid set of ski runs and a reasonable number of ski lifts. The fluffy snow here becomes really deep, 25 feet per winter, and that is one of the reasons this is such a nice
    ski hill. Snowboarding and skiing in this part of British Columbia is scores of fun every day of the season. Kicking Horse has a much higher than average percentage of difficult trails and a much lower than average percentage of intermediate or beginner trails.
With a totality of 96 ski slopes to ski on; there's a splendid range to gratify everyone. With such a great skiable area, 2,750 acres in all you won't be deficient in skiing area. You may be into skiing or snowboarding, or both, doesn't matter, this is a vicinity with a load of ski mountains for that. Kicking Horse's vertical drop of 4,133 feet is striking. There are 5 different ski lifts here, and they are nicely taken care of and run by kind people. Kicking Horse has a brilliant diversity of ski trails; it's not possible  
to get bored here. The stunning beauty of the British Columbia hills and all the perfect runs are reason enough to come here to ski. Some trails here are especially freaky; but that's what it's all about, right? It's always cool to ski here with a lot of expert and advanced ski trails. A little bit of exercise and spending some quality time in the fresh air tops anything. Nothing surpasses the British Columbia hills during snow season; they are something you can’t pass up if you're into snowboarding and skiing.

QUICK STATS
Elevation drop: 4,133 feet
Expert and advanced runs: 60 %
Intermediate runs: 20 %
Beginner runs: 20 %
Runs: 96
Lifts: 5
Annual snowfall: 25 feet
Skiing Area: 2,750 acres



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