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Nose Dive at Kicking Horse Resort

Advanced · 178 m long with 74 m of vertical, averaging 23° and 30° at its steepest, facing NE.

30°steepest 50 m
23°average pitch
178 mlength
74 mvertical
1686 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Nose Dive

Lifts that reach the top: Golden Eagle Express (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 17 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Golden Eagle Express
  2. Ski Flying Dutchman (advanced)
  3. Ski Sluiceway (intermediate)
  4. Ski Liberty (advanced)
  5. Ski Nose Dive (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins It's a Ten. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Pioneer (5 min), Golden Eagle Express (5 min), Catamount (5 min).

See Nose Dive on the 3D mapAll 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.