Nakiska
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Location: | Mount Allan, Alberta, Canada |
Nearest city: | Calgary |
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Top elevation: | 2,260 m |
Base elevation: | 1,525 m |
Skiable area: | 3 km² |
Runs: | 28 |
Lift system: | 6 chairlifts 1 Magic Carpet |
Snowfall: | 250cm/year |
Web site: | Ski Nakiska |
Nakiska is a ski resort in the Kananaskis Country region of the Canadian province of Alberta. It is located 83 km west of Calgary on highway 1.
Set on the face of Mount Allan, Nakiska ski resort has 28 trails with six chairlifts (2 Quads, 1 Triple, 1 Double, 1 T-Bar, 1 Magic Carpet) set up over an area of 3 km²; The longest run has 3.3km, from a top elevation of 2260 meters to the base elevation of 1525 meters.
The resort is now managed by Resort of the Canadian Rockies (also owner of Lake Louise Mountain Resort, Fernie, Kimberley, Mont Sainte Anne, Stoneham ski resorts).
[edit] XV Olympic Winter Games
Construction of the resort begun in 1986, in preparation for the 1988 Winter Olympics. The Olympic alpine events took place at Nakiska (Alpine skiing, freestyle moguls skiing).