Nakiska

Canada

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500 m
Lifts

Runs and lifts from OpenStreetMap as of 27 September 2026. Select a run or a lift to see its figures.

Summit
2,266 m7,434 ft
Base
1,500 m4,921 ft
Vertical
766 m2,513 ft
Named runs
78
Length of named runs
34.6 km
Lifts
7

Runs by difficulty

  • Green 10 13% · 4.6 km
  • Blue 41 53% · 17.7 km
  • Black 22 28% · 10.7 km
  • Double black 4 5% · 1.4 km
  • No grade mapped 1 1% · 0.1 km

Longest run

2.7 km

Gold Road

Steepest run

50%

Arrow

Steepest 100 m: 62%

Biggest drop

366 m

Red Crow

The named runs add up to 34.6 km.

Every named run

The named runs of Nakiska, with their length, drop and gradients
Profile
Amphitheater390 m66 m17%21%
Arrow435 m216 m50%62%
Bearspaw360 m161 m45%58%
Big Bear500 m103 m21%43%
Bobtail280 m134 m48%61%
Boundary20 m2 m
Boundary695 m189 m27%46%
Bull's Head590 m211 m36%58%
Chiniki Cut-off110 m19 m17%17%
Chinook295 m53 m18%26%
Cougar465 m156 m33%38%
Cougar195 m75 m39%40%
Crowfoot270 m105 m39%45%
Cutthroat80 m24 m
Eagle Tail370 m179 m49%52%
Eagle Tail Connector375 m49 m13%24%
Easy Street480 m71 m15%25%
Eye Opener Connector460 m62 m13%23%
Goat110 m33 m30%31%
Gold Road2.7 km353 m13%26%
Gold Rush125 m31 m25%26%
Goodstoney By-Pass440 m90 m21%24%
Grand Trunk685 m135 m20%23%
Grizzly Paw460 m145 m32%36%
Gully370 m132 m36%45%
Hallo200 m79 m39%46%
Highway 40850 m226 m27%37%
Highway 40125 m54 m44%45%
Homesteader Easy Way410 m68 m17%27%
Homesteader Pitch250 m62 m25%34%
Legacy655 m184 m28%53%
Legacy Connector160 m12 m7%12%
Little Hunter435 m180 m41%46%
Lower Eagle Tail845 m256 m30%45%
Lower Eye Opener440 m122 m28%37%
Lower Homesteader875 m126 m14%24%
Lower Homesteader900 m103 m11%23%
Lower Legacy1.1 km230 m21%40%
Lower Mapmaker645 m126 m20%30%
Lower Mighty Peace1.0 km248 m25%32%

Drop and gradients are read from a terrain model every 20 m along each run. Steepest is the steepest 100 m of a run. Runs shorter than 100 m have no gradient, and ~ marks a length estimated past a piece of the run mapped the other way.

Lifts

  • 4Chairlifts
  • 1Drag lifts
  • 2Magic carpets
Length of all lifts
6.2 km
Rise of all lifts together
1,539 m
The lifts of Nakiska
Bronze ChairChairlift515 m77 m26 mins
Gold ChairChairlift1.4 km463 m45 mins
Olympic ChairChairlift2.2 km393 m48 mins
Platter (Ski Patrol Only)Drag lift255 m159 m
Silver ChairChairlift1.7 km426 m47 mins

Seats and ride times only where OpenStreetMap records them. Rise is the height between the stations, from a terrain model.

Places to eat and drink

Places mapped on OpenStreetMap in and around the resort. Opening times, menus and reviews are in the map apps.

Weather

Summit, 2,266 m

Base, 1,500 m

Forecast by MET Norway for the heights of the summit and the base, for the next two days. Times are in your time zone.

Ski resorts nearby

50 km 123456
Nakiska beside the ski resorts nearest to it
Nakiska766 m2,266 m7834.6 km7
1Fortress Mountain Resort13.9 km333 m2,315 m4730.4 km6
2Mount Norquay41.4 km461 m2,093 m7528.9 km7
3Banff Sunshine Village45.0 km1,025 m2,686 m16485.6 km13
4WinSport (Canada Olympic Park)68.4 km141 m1,267 m52.0 km9
5Fairmont Hot Springs82.4 km261 m1,477 m1310.6 km3
6Lake Louise Ski Area87.6 km996 m2,643 m15297.2 km14

Distances in a straight line. A dot stands where a figure is not mapped yet.

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