Kicking Horse
British Columbia · Canada
Kicking Horse is a ski resort in British Columbia, Canada. It averages around 750 cm of snow a season on an Interior, drier than coast snowpack. The season typically runs Dec-Apr.
Extremely steep/technical for a lift-served resort; regular Freeride World Tour venue
10-day forecast
9 cm total · best window Monday, Oct 19 (2d, 9cm)
⚠ Freezing-level warning: on the marked days the freezing level sits well above the 1,195 m base — expect rain low down even while it snows at summit.
Each bar is a day's fresh snowfall; the pill is that day's powder score (fresh snow × cold-dry quality × wind-hold). Peak day: Tuesday, Oct 20 — OK (26). Forecast refreshed every 6 hours from Open-Meteo; last built Oct 13.
Mountain profile
- Summit
- 2,450 m
- Base
- 1,195 m
- Vertical
- 1,260 m
- Terrain
- 2,800+ ac, ~60% expert
- Avg annual snow
- 750 cm
- Typical season
- Dec-Apr
- Snow climate
- Interior, drier than coast
- Type
- Lift-served
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