Kicking Horse Mountain Resort

Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Golden, known as “The Champagne Powder Capital of Canada,” offers some of North America’s best chute skiing, four alpine bowls, and 1,416 hectares (3,500 acres) of light, dry champagne snow. It is also home to Canada’s most elevated dining experience, Eagle’s Eye Restaurant, perched at 2,345 metres (7,700 feet).

With the fourth largest vertical drop in Canada, the resort is a mecca for skiers and snowboarders worldwide and a multi-seasonal destination. And don’t think the Horse is too wild to wrangle: the Horse Play Corral beginner area helps never-evers and new riders feel right at home in the saddle.

Coming in 2027/28 – The Pioneer Express, a brand-new high-speed quad chairlift from Leitner Poma, the Pioneer Express, which will whisk skiers and riders from the base of the mountain to the bottom of the Stairway To Heaven chair and Heaven’s Door Yurt. The new lift will increase the resort’s uphill capacity, getting guests on snow faster each day and shortening the overall ride time to the top of Stairway To Heaven. The project is already underway, with site preparations completed last summer and lift installation scheduled for Spring 2027.

The eight person gondola continues to transport visitors to the summit in 12 minutes. At the top of the mountain, you’ll look at a 1,250 metre (4,133 foot) ski-out. Its descent will take you through everything from wide-scooped, alpine bowls to steeps and glades. The alpine bowl, Superbowl is an incredible place for advanced skiers on a powder day, but all chutes tend to get twice as much snow than forecasted!

At the heart of the village lies a magnificent stone and timber, two-story day lodge. Here you’ll find everything from great food, such as the famous Kicking Horse chili to an extensive list of mountain services. The village also includes three condominium hotels, three boutique lodges, six restaurants, four retail locations as well as a number of ski-in/ski-out town homes and Mountain School and Daycare facilities.

The kids learning and lunch area is right in the heart of the base which makes it easy for lunches during ski school lessons and for parents to meet up with their children, being located in the beginner area. The Learning Centre also offers a variety of family activities including tubing, skating and daily kids snowmobile tours with Rocky Mountain Riders.

And, near the top, is the Eagle’s Eye Restaurant, the highest in Canada. They will be whipping up some sweet mountain nachos this winter which will be well worth your while to sample at the end of a day on the slopes or book a table of dinner service every Friday & Saturday night!