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Nakiska ski runs

67 named runs · about 18 miles of skiing · 4,910 to 7,460 ft

Green 16% (2.9 mi)Blue 39% (7.1 mi)Black 40% (7.4 mi)Double black 5% (0.9 mi)

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

Longest

  1. Lower Mighty Peace 3,400 ft
  2. Red Crow 3,400 ft
  3. Highway 40 3,300 ft
  4. Whoop-Up 3,300 ft
  5. Lower Homesteader 2,900 ft

Holds snow best

  1. Sparrowhawk 25% sun
  2. Boundary 27% sun
  3. Hallo 29% sun
  4. Rye Whisky 29% sun
  5. Switchback 30% sun

Longest greens

  1. Lower Homesteader 2,900 ft
  2. Sundance 2,100 ft
  3. Easy Street 1,600 ft
  4. Homesteader Easy Way 1,400 ft
  5. Amphitheater 1,300 ft

Every run on the mountain

Hover a run for its name. The thicker runs have their own pages; tap one to open it.

All 67 runs

RunRatingVerticalLength SteepestAvg pitchFacesHolds snow
Homesteader Pitch Blue 211 ft 850 ft — 14° NE Excellent
Upper Gully Blue 117 ft 349 ft — 20° N Excellent
Bearspaw Black 506 ft 1,290 ft — 23° N Excellent
Ralley Alley Blue 221 ft 1,071 ft — 12° NE Good
Ribbon Creek Blue 47 ft 190 ft — 14° NE Excellent
Chinook Green 168 ft 977 ft — 10° E Poor
Eagle Tail Double black 579 ft 1,340 ft — 26° NE Excellent
Legacy Black 623 ft 2,264 ft — 16° E Average
Middle Mapmaker Blue 417 ft 1,769 ft — 14° NE Excellent
Olympic Easy Way Green 104 ft 681 ft — 9° E Poor
Amphitheater Green 218 ft 1,286 ft — 10° NE Good
Arrow Double black 666 ft 1,580 ft — 25° NE Excellent
Boundary Black 640 ft 2,446 ft — 15° N Excellent
Chiniki Cut-off Blue 50 ft 365 ft — 8° E Below average
Cougar Black 760 ft 2,301 ft — 19° N Excellent
Crowfoot Black 304 ft 930 ft — 19° NE Excellent
Cutthroat Blue 57 ft 269 ft — 12° N Excellent
Easy Street Green 229 ft 1,588 ft — 8° NE Excellent
Gold Rush Blue 96 ft 412 ft — 14° NE Excellent
Goodstoney By-Pass Blue 285 ft 1,467 ft — 11° E Below average
Grand Trunk Blue 445 ft 2,290 ft — 11° NE Good
Grizzly Paw Blue 497 ft 1,584 ft — 18° N Excellent
Gully Blue 452 ft 1,296 ft — 20° N Excellent
Highway 40 Black 954 ft 3,338 ft — 17° NE Excellent
Little Hunter Black 598 ft 1,546 ft — 23° E Good
Lower Eagle Tail Black 830 ft 2,903 ft — 17° NE Good
Lower Eye Opener Blue 389 ft 1,491 ft — 15° NE Good
Lower Mapmaker Blue 429 ft 2,319 ft — 11° NE Good
M-9 Black 112 ft 291 ft — 23° N Excellent
Magpie Blue 27 ft 179 ft — 9° N Excellent
Marmot Blue 103 ft 344 ft — 17° N Excellent
Maverick Black 604 ft 2,833 ft — 12° E Below average
Morley Flats Green 26 ft 357 ft — 4° NE Good
North Axe Black 687 ft 2,554 ft — 16° E Average
North Boundary Black 728 ft 2,180 ft — 20° N Excellent
Old Sun Blue 203 ft 667 ft — 18° NE Good
Osprey Alley Black 675 ft 2,032 ft — 19° N Excellent
Passmore Pass Blue 84 ft 556 ft — 9° E Below average
Rabbit Track Double black 83 ft 390 ft — 12° N Excellent
Red Crow Black 1,198 ft 3,359 ft — 21° NE Good
Rue Rado Blue 132 ft 977 ft — 8° N Excellent
Rustler Blue 167 ft 652 ft — 15° E Average
Rye Whiskey Blue 85 ft 264 ft — 19° N Excellent
Rye Whisky Black 356 ft 1,005 ft — 21° N Excellent
Sparrowhawk Black 94 ft 449 ft — 12° N Excellent
Switchback Blue 451 ft 1,326 ft — 20° N Excellent
Upper Eye Opener Blue 577 ft 2,615 ft — 13° NE Good
Upper Homesteader Blue 259 ft 1,509 ft — 10° NE Excellent
Upper Mapmaker Blue 753 ft 2,235 ft — 20° NE Excellent
Upper Mighty Peace Blue 376 ft 1,249 ft — 18° NE Good
Walking Buffalo Blue 347 ft 1,411 ft — 14° NE Excellent
Whiskey Gap Blue 236 ft 956 ft — 14° NE Excellent
Whoop-Up Black 1,091 ft 3,302 ft — 19° NE Excellent
Bull's Head Black 693 ft 2,081 ft — 20° NE Excellent
Upper North Axe Black 754 ft 1,839 ft — 24° NE Excellent
Big Bear Blue 335 ft 1,688 ft — 12° E Average
Hallo Black 260 ft 707 ft — 22° N Excellent
Lower Homesteader Green 445 ft 2,913 ft — 9° NE Excellent
Lower Legacy Black 322 ft 1,815 ft — 11° E Below average
Lower Mighty Peace Blue 801 ft 3,406 ft — 14° E Below average
Lower North Axe Blue 622 ft 2,797 ft — 13° E Average
Powderface Green 128 ft 1,157 ft — 6° E Poor
Turbo Traverse Double black 233 ft 1,057 ft — 13° NE Excellent
Goat Blue 112 ft 378 ft — 17° N Excellent
Sundance Green 237 ft 2,073 ft — 7° E Below average
Bobtail Double black 424 ft 1,016 ft — 25° NE Excellent
Homesteader Easy Way Green 233 ft 1,363 ft — 10° E Below 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.