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Big Ben at Kicking Horse Resort

Easy · 825 m long with 210 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 25° at its steepest, facing NE.

25°steepest 50 m

14°average pitch

825 mlength

210 mvertical

1610 mtop elevation

NEfaces

Snow and sun

Big Ben is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Big Ben

Lifts that reach the top: Catamount (skiing novice terrain to get there); Pioneer (skiing easy terrain to get there); Golden Eagle Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); Stairway to Heaven (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 14 minutes, easy skiing needed):

Ride Catamount
Ski Big Ben (easy)

Where it ends

Joins It's a Ten. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Golden Eagle Express (3 min), Catamount (3 min), Pioneer (3 min).

See Big Ben on the 3D map All runs at Kicking Horse Resort

Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.