The owners of Kicking Horse have spent huge sums on a seven year project to transform the former provincial Whitetooth resort into a major destination resort. Kicking Horse opened in 2000, the first `new` Alpine resort in the Canadian Rockies for 25 years.
The resort is located in the Golden Valley region of British Columbia in an area that embraces two rivers, three mountain ranges and six National Parks. Kicking Horse Mountain Resort offers a part of the Canadian wilderness that was previously only accessible by helicopter (or extremely athletic individuals). On the mountain the renaissance began with the installation of a Poma-built eight-passenger gondola with floor-to-ceiling glass and the construction of additional quad chairs. These have given Kicking Horse the second biggest vertical in North America. A restaurant, the Eagle`s Eye, Canada`s highest, has been built at the gondola`s top station.
Build-out of Kicking Horse Mountain Resort will be completed in 2010 including 3,000 bed units - a mix of town homes, single family residences, condominium lodges, hotels and B&Bs - as well as a multitude of shops, bars, restaurants, other commercial amenities, additional terrain and a variety of recreational opportunities.
Apres Ski
Eagle's Eye Mountaintop restaurant via gondola. In Golden try the Mad Trapper Pub, Packer's Place or the Moberly Pub
Eating Out
A small selection of restaurants in the town of Golden • Sisters and Beans • The Kicking Horse Grill • Dogtooth café • Golden Rim restaurant • Timber Inn • Turning Point
Activities
• Snowmobiling • Dog sledding • Cross country skiing • Heli-skiing • Snowshoeing • Air flights • Visits to the national parks (6 all within 1 hour drive)
Other Amenities
• Bowling • Jump 'n Pump fitness centre • Cinema • Outdoor skating rinks • Visit to the hot springs resort of Fairmont and Radium
