{"id":17055,"date":"2017-02-01T11:15:23","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T18:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kickinghorseresort.com\/?p=17055"},"modified":"2017-02-02T10:47:35","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T17:47:35","slug":"always-kicking-horse-kicking-horse-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kickinghorseresort.com\/blog\/always-kicking-horse-kicking-horse-ways\/","title":{"rendered":"Always Kicking Horse, Kicking Horse All Ways"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bucket list checker? Kicking Horse Mountain Resort has more than a few noteworthy check marks that you\u2019ll want to add to your list. Kicking Horse is home to Canada\u2019s highest restaurant, has the most in bounds chutes in North America and hosts the 4th<\/sup>\u00a0biggest skiable vertical in Canada. Need I say more? This mountain resort stays pretty humble about all its braggable features, but these aren\u2019t the only reasons Kicking Horse Mountain Resort should be in your ski vacation cards.<\/p>\n

The vast terrain at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort is jaw dropping. The choices for skiable terrain are endless.\u00a0\u00a0Kicking Horse is family friendly with many groomed leg burners to boot, but if you\u2019re here to get rowdy you won\u2019t be disappointed. Out of the 120+ runs, 45% of them are for advanced skiers and riders and 15% are rated for experts. This means that more than half of the mountain is ready to push your limits and fulfill all your adrenaline junkie dreams. Four distinct ridgelines separate the resort into bowls and various sub ridges and faces. The unique collection of terrain means there is always a powder stash somewhere, although this shouldn\u2019t be much of a worry since the average snowfall is 750cm! Whether it\u2019s technical spines, gladed trees, sneaky chutes, big bowls or groomers you\u2019re after you can guarantee you\u2019ll find it here. With terrain choices bursting at the seems it seems silly to leave the resort, but if you\u2019re craving a backcountry tour grab your avalanche gear and an equipped friend and check out some of the equally impressive slackcountry.<\/p>\n

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Vistas in all directions encompass you as you step off the Golden Eagle Express Gondola. It will make you feel although you\u2019ve stepped onto another planet, a planet filled with peaks galore. Looking down the valley you\u2019ll see the town of Golden nestled in the Rockies Trench as you peer across from the Purcell Mountain tops. Do a 360 spin and try to find a boring view, we dare you. To take the view to the next level, yes it\u2019s possible, head up the Stairway to Heaven Chair and climb the black Stairway to Heaven Whitewall staircase (only if it\u2019s open) for the view! Even if you head back down the stairs, it\u2019s worth the small work out to see some incredible peaks. Sounds a bit too good to be true? Kicking Horse is the ultimate skier playground, and it\u2019s very real.<\/p>\n

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Best way to enjoy that view? Dinning at 7,705 feet (2,350 meters) sounds pretty ideal. Eagle Eye Restaurant is the highest restaurant in Canada, most definitely making it a checklist item! From the delicious list of entr\u00e9es to the custom cocktails, this place is a haven for hungry skiers and sightseers a like. Don\u2019t leave with out trying the truffle fries and a tasty specialty coffee or one of the signature Great Canadian Caesars.<\/p>\n

Needless to say, if Kicking Horse Mountain Resort isn\u2019t on your current \u201cmust ski\u201d list, it probably should be. The massive amounts of inspiring terrain will keep your ski cravings curbed, although the more you ski, the more see that can be skied! This place might be a little addicting, but in the best way possible. Tired legs are happy legs and with 1,260 meters (4,133 feet) to conquer lap after lap we can guarantee you some pretty tired legs.<\/p>\n

Photos by Abbydell Photography, Jeff Bartlett & Emile Lavoie<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bucket list checker? Kicking Horse Mountain Resort has more than a few noteworthy check marks that you\u2019ll want to add to your list. Kicking Horse is home to Canada\u2019s highest restaurant, has the most in bounds chutes in North America and hosts the 4th\u00a0biggest skiable vertical in Canada. Need I say more? This mountain resort<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":17084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[105,84,122,76,121,193,109,104],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kickinghorseresort.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17055"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kickinghorseresort.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kickinghorseresort.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kickinghorseresort.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kickinghorseresort.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kickinghorseresort.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kickinghorseresort.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kickinghorseresort.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kickinghorseresort.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kickinghorseresort.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}