Season Intelligence Report

Kicking Horse Mountain Resort

BC · 8,038 ft summit · YXC

Grade Pending

NWS Bias

2025–26 Season Snapshot

Storms This Season

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storms tracked

Season Snowfall

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season total

Best Storm

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no storms yet

Current Snowpack

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SNOTEL ground truth

NWS Forecast Accuracy

Pending

Accuracy grade pending, and it stays that way on purpose. We show the raw NWS forecast for Kicking Horse Mountain Resort and do not grade or correct it. Six winters of NWS-against-SNOTEL checking found forecast accuracy here turns on an unresolved snow-measurement question (settled snow depth vs. fresh snowfall), not a fixed per-mountain bias anyone can honestly correct. So we show the number NWS publishes and tell you that is what it is.

Storm History — 2025–26 Season

No storms recorded this season yet.

Local Knowledge

TGR Community Intel

Storm Day Strategy

Lap gondola and Stairway to Heaven during fresh snow events (10-15cm+ reported). Focus on upper mountain terrain as lower half becomes increasingly skiable with new snow. Expect 40,000+ vertical possible in 10 runs per day. Storm timing can catch skiers; monitor forecasts as conditions improve quickly after fresh snow.

Terrain Opening Patterns

Upper Gondola

Opens: 10:00 AM

Mechanical delays on cold mornings; lower half of mountain often closes due to insufficient snow coverage

Lower Half Mountain (below halfway between Revelation and Stoke)

Opens: Variable

Frequently described as 'fucked' by locals; often skiable only in fresh snow conditions

Powder Stashes

Stairway to Heaven

Upper mountain accessible by gondola

Primary powder area; provides lappable terrain for multiple runs

Alpine Terrain Above Stoke

Top of gondola and above

Best snow on the mountain; hiking available for additional vert

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Based on 26 community reports · 2022-12-31 → 2026-03-04

Road & Access

Trans-Canada Kicking Horse Canyon (Hwy 1)

Open

SPECIAL_EVENT (30 St SW to 17 St SW): Highway 1 (TransCanada Highway). Special event planned between 30 St SW and 17 St SW for 0.3 km (Salmon Arm). Starting S…

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