Kimberley Alpine Resort | |
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Location | British Columbia, Canada |
Nearest major city | Kimberley (adjacent) Cranbrook – 30 km (19 mi) |
Coordinates | 49°41′06″N 116°00′50″W / 49.685°N 116.014°W |
Status | Operating |
Owner | Resorts of the Canadian Rockies |
Vertical | 751 m (2,464 ft)[1] |
Top elevation | 1,982 m (6,503 ft) |
Base elevation | 1,231 m (4,039 ft) |
Skiable area | 7.28 km2 (1,800 acres)[2] |
Trails | 80 |
Longest run | 6.4 km (4.0 mi) |
Lift system | 5 total (3 chairlifts, 1 T-bar, 1 magic carpet) |
Lift capacity | 6,452 per hour |
Terrain parks | Yes |
Snowfall | 400 cm (160 in) |
Snowmaking | Yes, 10% |
Night skiing | Yes |
Website | skikimberley |
Kimberley Alpine Resort is a ski resort in southwestern Canada, located in Kimberley, British Columbia.[3]
In the Purcell Mountains on the northeast face of North Star Hill, Kimberley's vertical drop is 751 m (2,464 ft) with a summit elevation of 1,982 m (6,503 ft) above sea level.[1] The ski season commonly starts in mid-December and runs until early April.[4]
The resort maintains 80 runs (with 20% beginner, 42% intermediate, and 38% advanced trails) and five lifts: a high-speed quad chairlift (the North Star Express), a triple chair (the Easter), a double chair (the Tamarack), a T-bar (the Owl) and a magic carpet, leading to an hourly lift capacity of 6,452.[1]
The ski area opened in 1948 as North Star with a 245-metre-long (800 ft) rope tow; a T-bar installed a decade later was over 1.8 km (1.1 mi) in length, vertically climbing 460 m (1,500 ft) in eleven minutes.[5]