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Pioneer at Kicking Horse Resort

Advanced · 1314 m long with 460 m of vertical, averaging 19° and 30° at its steepest, facing NE.

30°steepest 50 m
19°average pitch
1314 mlength
460 mvertical
1759 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Pioneer

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

From the base area (about 12 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Pioneer
  2. Ski Kicking Horse (intermediate)
  3. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  4. Ski Pioneer (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Porcupine, White Tail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Pioneer (1 min), Golden Eagle Express (3 min), Catamount (4 min).

See Pioneer 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.