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Kicking Horse ski runs

57 named runs · about 26 miles of skiing · 4,140 to 8,170 ft

Green 25% (6.6 mi)Blue 23% (6.1 mi)Black 46% (12.0 mi)Double black 7% (1.7 mi)

Share of the mountain by length of run, not number of trails, measured from the mapped runs.

Steepest

  1. Rudi's Bowl 47°
  2. Fuez Bowl 46°
  3. 144 45°
  4. 140 44°
  5. 143 44°

Longest

  1. It's a Ten 23,800 ft
  2. Wiley Coyote 6,600 ft
  3. Cloud Nine 5,600 ft
  4. Race Place 5,500 ft
  5. Kicking Horse 5,400 ft

Holds snow best

  1. 141 29% sun
  2. 143 30% sun
  3. 142 31% sun
  4. Unnecessary Roughness 31% sun
  5. 139 33% sun

Longest greens

  1. It's a Ten 23,800 ft
  2. Buffalo Jump 3,700 ft
  3. Big Ben 2,800 ft
  4. Huckleberry 1,800 ft
  5. Home Run 1,800 ft

Every run on the mountain

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All 57 runs

RunRatingVerticalLength SteepestAvg pitchFacesHolds snow
Rudi's Bowl Double black 689 ft — 47° 34° N —
Fuez Bowl Double black 1,327 ft — 46° 30° N —
144 Double black 291 ft 546 ft 45° 34° NE Excellent
140 Double black 335 ft 595 ft 44° 35° NW Excellent
143 Double black 337 ft 582 ft 44° 36° N Excellent
Evil Empire Double black 442 ft 824 ft 44° 33° NW Excellent
Rip the World Double black 712 ft 1,326 ft 43° 33° E Poor
3rd Down Double black 378 ft 661 ft 42° 35° NW Excellent
Terminator Black 1,435 ft 4,361 ft 41° 20° NE Excellent
Glory Double black 795 ft 1,664 ft 41° 29° NW Excellent
139 Double black 469 ft 929 ft 41° 31° N Excellent
141 Double black 301 ft 554 ft 41° 33° NW Excellent
Punter Double black 629 ft 1,236 ft 40° 31° E Poor
142 Double black 293 ft 532 ft 40° 34° NW Excellent
Golden Delicious Black 813 ft 3,203 ft 40° 17° NE Good
Double Header Black 1,348 ft 2,992 ft 39° 27° NE Excellent
Middle Ridge Black 1,385 ft — 39° 26° SE —
Wild Card Double black 518 ft 1,042 ft 38° 30° N Excellent
Blow Down Black 1,063 ft 2,341 ft 38° 27° NE Excellent
Double Digits Black 406 ft 963 ft 38° 26° E Below average
Crazy Legs Black 878 ft 3,039 ft 36° 18° N Excellent
T2 North Ridge Double black 363 ft — 36° 18° NW —
Show Off Blue 1,165 ft 2,824 ft 36° 25° NE Excellent
Liberty Black 1,188 ft 2,482 ft 35° 29° NE Excellent
Unnecessary Roughness Double black 251 ft 492 ft 35° 31° N Excellent
Kicking Horse Black 1,694 ft 5,363 ft 35° 19° NE Excellent
Lynx Black 307 ft 767 ft 34° 24° NE Excellent
Euphoria Black 987 ft 3,315 ft 34° 18° NE Good
Think Twice Black 336 ft 1,378 ft 34° 15° N Excellent
Pioneer Black 1,512 ft 4,615 ft 34° 19° NE Good
Bubbly Black 855 ft 2,218 ft 34° 23° NE Excellent
Sluiceway Black 1,091 ft 5,076 ft 33° 13° NE Good
Buffalo Jump Green 1,173 ft 3,734 ft 33° 19° NE Good
Redemption Ridge Traverse Black 396 ft 1,913 ft 33° 12° SE Poor
Nose Dive Black 245 ft 634 ft 33° 23° NE Excellent
Race Place Black 1,543 ft 5,489 ft 33° 17° NE Good
Grizzly Paw Black 1,216 ft 4,120 ft 33° 17° NE Good
Got Your Goat Blue 649 ft 2,314 ft 32° 17° NE Good
Wolverine Black 277 ft 629 ft 32° 26° E Good
Fuez Ski Out Black 704 ft 3,323 ft 32° 12° N Excellent
Porcupine Black 1,706 ft 4,993 ft 32° 20° NE Good
Brigg's Brag Black 200 ft 627 ft 31° 19° E Average
Wapiti Blue 675 ft 2,748 ft 31° 15° NE Good
My Blue Heaven Black 588 ft 1,693 ft 30° 21° SE Poor
Cloud Nine Blue 1,188 ft 5,630 ft 29° 12° E Below average
Wiley Coyote Blue 1,761 ft 6,603 ft 29° 16° NE Good
Home Run Green 236 ft 1,762 ft 29° 8° NE Average
Flying Dutchman Black 527 ft 1,655 ft 28° 19° E Below average
Big Ben Green 689 ft 2,810 ft 27° 14° NE Good
Tail Spin Blue 519 ft 2,647 ft 27° 11° NE Good
Knee Deep Blue 280 ft 1,211 ft 26° 14° NE Good
Big Ol' Bear Blue 815 ft 4,918 ft 25° 10° NE Good
Northern Lights Blue 516 ft 2,572 ft 24° 12° E Below average
Blaster Blue 522 ft 1,909 ft 22° 16° E Average
It's a Ten Green 3,513 ft 23,769 ft 22° 9° NE Good
Huckleberry Green 293 ft 1,843 ft 17° 9° N Excellent
White Tail Green 158 ft 1,591 ft 11° 6° N Average

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line; "holds snow" ranks each run's winter sun against every run we've measured. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap.