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Nakiska
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Nakiska is a ski resort in western Canada, in the Kananaskis Country region of the province of Alberta. It is located from Calgary, west on Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) and south on Highway 40 (Kananaskis Trail). "Nakiska" is a Cree word meaning "to meet" or "meeting place."

Key facts

Ski area.name
Nakiska Ski Resort
Ski area.logo
Nakiska Logo.svg
Ski area.picture
Kananaskis-Nakiska Ski.JPG
Ski area.caption
Slopes of Nakiska on Mount Allan in March 2007
Ski area.location
Mount Allan, Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada
Ski area.nearest_city
Calgary:
Ski area.pushpin_map
Alberta#Canada
Ski area.pushpin_relief
1
Ski area.map_caption
Location in Canada
Ski area.vertical
  
Ski area.number_trails
6413px 16% - Easiest 13px 70% - More Difficult 13px 10% - Most Difficult 13px 4% - Expert
Ski area.snowmaking
Extensive, 75%
Ski area.nightskiing
No
Ski area.liftsystem
4 Chairlifts- 3 High Speed Quads- 1 Double1 Magic Carpet
Ski area.lift_capacity
8,830 / hr
Ski area.external_link
skinakiska.com

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Nakiska is a ski resort in western Canada, in the Kananaskis Country region of the province of Alberta. It is located from Calgary, west on Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) and south on Highway 40 (Kananaskis Trail). "Nakiska" is a Cree word meaning "to meet" or "meeting place."

Set on the east face of the southern end of Mount Allan, Nakiska has 64 trails with four chairlifts (3 high-speed quads and 1 double), 1 Reg Magic Carpet and 1 Monster Carpet) set up over an area of . The longest run has , from a top lift-served elevation of to the base at .

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nakiska” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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