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Tail Spin at Kicking Horse Resort

Intermediate · 786 m long with 158 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 21° at its steepest, facing N.

21°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
786 mlength
158 mvertical
2064 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Tail Spin

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

From the base area (about 18 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Golden Eagle Express
  2. Ski It's a Ten (easy)
  3. Ski Tail Spin (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins It's a Ten. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Pioneer (6 min), Golden Eagle Express (7 min), Catamount (8 min).

See Tail Spin 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.