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Kicking Horse, BC, Report: 187″ of Snowfall Already This Season | Two 4,314′ Inbounds Runs & One 24″ Deep Sidecountry Run

Report from December 21, 2025 I woke up at 530 a.m. yesterday, buried neck-deep in the immaculate grunge of the Kalispell, Montana, Travelodge after having driven 9 hours from Park City, UT, the previous day. I drove 5 more hours directly to Kicking Horse yesterday and met up with my old local buddy, Todd. We did a 4,314 vertical foot […]
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[PHOTOS] Airbag Saves Skier After 1,600-Foot Avalanche Ride Over Cliffs and Through Trees Near Kicking Horse Resort, BC

A skier suffered multiple major injuries after triggering a large avalanche just outside the boundary of Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Golden, British Columbia, on Saturday, January 11. The incident occurred around 12:40 p.m. when a group ventured into a notoriously complex area known as Terminator 2.5. Related: SnowBrains Podcast #42 | Utah Avalanche Center – Should We Use Avalanche […]
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Golden, Colorado Looking To Build “Singletrack Sidewalks” For Mountain Bikers

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The city of Golden, Colorado is considering building small sections of natural surface trail adjacent to existing bike paths. Called SingleTrack Sidewalks (STS), the program is being led by The Golden Giddyup, a local non-profit focused on trail development in the area. The six proposed sections of trail would add up to only about 1.26 miles. The trails would be […]
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Canadian Mountain Guides Sued by Avalanche Victim’s Widow

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Almost exactly two years ago, a group of backcountry skiers was caught in an avalanche near Golden, BC. Several people were injured and 64-year-old Douglas Churchill from Canmore was killed, reports cbc.ca. Now, his widow, Sheila Churchill, who was in the group, is suing the guides, the resort, an employee and the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides (ACMG). Churchill filed a notice of civil claim […]
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Meet Tater, Jackson Hole’s Newest Ski Patrol Member

Jackson Hole has a new puppy in training for the Jackson Hole Ski Patrol. Tater, an 8-week-old Golden Retriever, showed up in Jackson two days ago. His full name is Sir Tater Tot of the Tetons. An avalanche dog can search one hectare (2.5 acres) in about 30 minutes. It would take 20 humans around 4 hours to cover an equivalent area using avalanche probes. The speed with which an “avy dog” locates an avalanche victim is absolutely vital. Around 90% of avalanche victims will survive if recovered in the first 15 minutes after burial […]
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Kicking Horse Update: Nipple Deep

Kicking Horse Mountain Resort has powder. ‘Nough said. During a week that has seen a pineapple express decimate ski hills all over BC and Washington, you don’t have to say much to sell a resort. The fact that we are skiing makes KHMR a destination. I don’t even need to bring up the 40cm we’ve had in the last 24hrs, but because my parents told me to share, I will. February 6th and 7th have been the deepest days of the year and they’ve come just when people had lost hope in the winter. To start, there is a definite freezing level sitting at the top of Catamount […]
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No Pineapples at Kicking Horse!

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Conditions this past weekend, December 12-14 2014, at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort were all time, sort of. The warm pineapple express that brought rain to the tops of most resorts in BC brought a foot of blower powder to the alpine bowls while also decimating the bottom of the mountain. It was hard to complain about the ice and dirt at the bottom when you have what may be one of the top ten days of the season up top, where it counts. And just to cap it off, we were given mild temps and blue skies.
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Kicking Horse, B.C. Conditions Report: Open Top to Bottom

Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, located in Golden, BC, had an early opening this weekend. The Golden Eagle Express Gondola was racing small crowds up 4,100 feet for top to bottom shredding. The Stairway and Catamount chairs were spinning top and bottom giving access to a large chunk of Kicking Horse’s great terrain.Fifty percent of the alpine bowls including Bowl Over, Crystal Bowl, Redemption Ridge South and all of the lower mountain were open for skiing. Although it didn’t snow much in the days leading up to opening, all the south and east faces of the mountain were skiing great with soft creamy pow over […]
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