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A Family Adventure at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort

by Chelsea Mackenzie / Tuesday, 09 July 2019 / Published in Summer, Uncategorized

“You’re taking your kids to Kicking Horse to bike? That’s an aggressive hill…”

Those words rang in my ears as we headed west to Golden for a family trip to Kicking Horse Mountain Resort. The kids, ages 1, 5, and 7 were buzzing with excitement. The parents were buzzing too – but with nerves. Our little boy had ridden lift-access trails only a couple of times, the girls were both too young to bike, and we hadn’t looked into whether or not our golden retriever was welcome. Great planning – I know.

When we pulled up to our campsite right on the hill, our breath was taken away. We couldn’t help but give in to the kid’s excitement with the sweeping mountain views. Within minutes, the kids discovered a park, beach volleyball court, frisbee golf and a pump track that got them grinning. The members of staff were all so friendly, giving directions and tips and even patting our vagabond pup. Things couldn’t have been better and we hadn’t yet gotten on a lift.

The five of us hopped on the high-speed quad chair to go see Boo the grizzly bear who’s lived at the sanctuary since his mom was poached as a cub. Between his enormous presence and the guide’s funny and informative lecture, we were enraptured. (The Steve Erwin-type experience was only enhanced with his Australian accent – the guide’s, not Boo’s.) The kids could hardly believe that we came so close to this huge grizzly, and I could hardly believe we were spending all this time together as a family even though only a couple of us were riding at a time. After the tour, our son chased us down the mountain on our bikes where we all met again to head up the gondola.

Lunch at Eagle’s Eye Restaurant

The views from the top were staggering, and we drank it in from the Eagle’s Eye restaurant. We enjoyed watching climbers on a via ferrata adventure before heading back out where the younger two scrambled at the top with their dad and our seven year old and I tore down the mountain. The green and blue runs were perfect for him the entire way down.  Often, green runs at lift-access locations means cross country-like up and downs that would never be found at the top of the mountain and they can be a bit boring for downhill riders. Not so at Kicking Horse. Green runs meant appropriately steep single track with equal care put into the building and design as black diamond trails. Rolling wood features, little jumps and fun sweeping berms were characteristic of the easier runs. My husband and I loved taking turns biking with our oldest, while the other enjoyed endless activities with the younger two which often included all of us taking lift and gondola rides together and spending time exploring between biking. It was really hard narrowing down the best parts of our trip – so we asked the kids. The “pro list” got ridiculously lengthy, so I tried asking what they would change.

 “Next time, let’s stay for fourteen days instead of four!” That summed it up perfectly.

Photos & Words by Chelsea Mackenzie Photography

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About Chelsea Mackenzie

Chelsea Czibere is an adventure lifestyle photographer from a rural community in Alberta close to the Canadian Rockies. An avid skier, snowboarder, downhill mountain biker, rock climber and runner, Chelsea loves to be outside and in the mountains enjoying adventures big and small. She’s happiest outside with her husband, three kiddos, and golden retriever that looks like a lab (of no fault of her own). You can find her telling stories through photography and writing at www.chelseamackenziephoto.com or on Instagram @chelseamackenzie.1 where she works to inspire others to get outside and have their own adventures.

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