Kicking Horse Ski Resort

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Kicking Horse Mountain Statistics
Resort Altitude: 3,900 feet
Mountain Peak: 8033 feet
Vertical Drop: 4133 feet
Ski School: instructors
Cross Country Skiing: 44 miles

Transfer info

Gateway: Calgary
Transfer: Car Rental
Travel Time: 3.5 hours
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Restraurants

Eagle's Eye Restaurant   (Top of the mountain)
Cuisine:

Local Hero Pub & Restaurant   (Highland Lodge)
Cuisine: Scottish pub and restaurant

Sushi Kuma   ()
Cuisine: Japanese Cuisine

Events

Opening Day   (December 11, 2009)


Comedy Festival   (December 10 - 12, 2009)
Start your season at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort with a good laugh and smile on your face.

Winter Dinner Concert Series #1   (December 18, 2009)
Make way to the award winning Eagle’s Eye Restaurant for a signature Wine Maker’s Dinner. Complimented with live music, wine paring, dinner and education on each course of dinner.

Ski with Santa   (December 19 - 20, 2009)
Santa and company will be on the slopes making some turns, posing for pictures and spreading the holiday joy.

Breakfast with Santa   (December 20, 2009)
Join Santa for breakfast in the Day Lodge and help get him ready for the big night!

Christmas Dinner at the Eagles Eye   (December 25, 2009)
Dinner at Eagles Eye Restaurant.

New Years Eve at the Eagle’s Eye   (December 31, 2009)
Ring in the New Year at the award winning Eagle’s Eye Restaurant with a signature multiple course meal, live entertainment and midnight toast.

Avalanche Awareness Days   (January 9 - 10, 2010)
Avalanche Awareness Days return to KHMR. Take in numerous demonstrations around the mountain on how you can travel safely in the backcountry. Snow profile demonstrations, terrain management, explosive demonstrations and more!

Snow Demo Extravaganza!   (January 9 - 10, 2010)
Come out and sample all the latest ski / snowboard gear. Enter to win prizes, groove to the tunes with a live DJ, and check out some great demos from the BMC.

Scotch Festival   (January 15 - 17, 2010)
A true culinary celebration complimenting the beverage that has helped so many of us survive those cold winter nights.

Golden Olympic Torch Celebrations   (January 16 - 23, 2010)
A variety of events happening in and around Kicking Horse Country. See you for the celebration of the torch passing through Golden.

Dine Out Golden - The Winter Chill   (January 16 - 23, 2010)
Dine out Golden returns to keep you warm from the Winter Chill. This event is a great opportunity to get out and enjoy the great dining at the finer venues around the Golden area with dinner specials that compliment some of the best dishes found at each participating restaurant.

Golden Olympic Torch Relay   (January 21, 2010)
Celebrate the spirit of the Olympic games as the torch passes through Golden.

Winter Dinner Concert Series #2   (January 22, 2010)
The award winning Eagle’s Eye Restaurant for a signature Wine Maker’s Dinner. Complimented with live music, wine paring, dinner and education on each course of dinner.

Australia Day   (January 26, 2010)
Help celebrate Australia Day with misplaced snow birds. Fly the flag and take part in some great Australian games!

Huckleberry Loppet   (January 31, 2010)
The Golden Cross Country Ski Club, hosts their annual cross country ski event. Come out and take in some great family fun at the Dawn Mountain Nordic Trails.

Wrangle the Chute   (February 6 - 7, 2010)
The brain child of the KHMR events department. Cowboys can ski and board, but can they ride the bronco with style?

Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games   (Begins February 12, 2010)
Bring your Canadian spirit and watch the games from the Day Lodge as we cheer on the world’s best in the 2010 games.

Family Day Weekend   (February 13 - 15, 2010)
It’s a long weekend, so get out your snow gear and come out for some turns on Family Day Weekend.

Volkswagon Traction Challenge   (February 13 - 14, 2010)
The Volkswagen Traction challenge is set to return for 2010 with a fun ski race, VW test drive and skill testing games in the demo tents.

Winter Dinner Concert Series #3   (February 26, 2010)
the award winning Eagle’s Eye Restaurant for a signature Wine Maker’s Dinner. Complimented with live music, wine pairing, dinner and education on each course of dinner.

Western Masters XC Race   (March 11 - 13, 2010)
The Golden XC club hosts the Western Masters XC race event.


Kicking Horse Mountain Resort is surrounded by towering peaks and six of Canada's most picturesque National Parks. The resort is located in Golden, British Columbia just 1.5 hours west of Banff and 2.5 hours west of Calgary on the Trans Canada Highway. The face of Kicking Horse and indeed the mountain itself is ideally positiioned to accommodate an outstanding winter season ski resort. North-East facing slopes allow for excellent snow retention. CNN voted Kicking Horse "the best place to go powder skiing in the world". This is a place where the stories are almost too tall to believe; and where the expectations are great and the standards are high. More and more people are discovering the ultimate Canadian Rocky Mountain destination of Golden at the centre of Kicking Horse Country.