2023-02-09 Kicking Horse Mountain Resort snow report

This is our first Kicking Horse Mountain Resort snow report!

Unfortunately due to lack of snow, the mountain was mostly icy and full of hazard, like early season of Whistler Blackcomb in this season. Our boards got some minor scratches and a jacket got major damages. It was mix of sun and cloud, so many spots only had flat light which made it really hard to navigate in rough terrain.

Overall rate: 1/5 ★☆☆☆☆

Kicking Horse Mountain Resort official snow report:

Base:

The road is very dirty.

The parking is very dirty too, but not as dirty as Revelstoke’s

Guest Service building:

This is where you must go to pick up your tickets. Unlike any other mountains, you must go there on the day when you snowboard, not the day before.

The lift ticket is a printed barcode that you are supposed to attach to your jacket. This exotic system is very hard because nobody knows how to use that. Thankfully there’s an instruction board but it’s hidden in the guest service building. This is the instruction you really need to see in advance:

Gondola before opening:

Gondola top:

Stairway to Heaven chair:

128 Unnamed black run traverse:

Shallow powder cliff. Do not go there.

The view:

30 Show Off run:

Bowl Over and Super Bowl:

Bowl Over:

Terminator 1:

Liberty:

Lodge:

Crystal Bowl and Feuz Bowl:

Crystal Bowl:

Feuz Bowl:

Glades under Stairway to Heaven:

This glades is runnable but it was very hazardous. Rocks and stones scratch your board, and saplings and stumps will lock your board when you try to turn.

It was very foggy at certain points:

81 Unnamed run:

Pioneer chair which is only open on weekdays:

Hazardous runs:

Icy cat track:

There were some spots of good snow at the following areas:

• Right after the bottom of Stairway to Heaven chair
• Bottom of Bowl Over
• Bottom of Feuz Bowl
• Trees at flat area at Crystal Bowl
• Ungrommed area before uphill