Hotels in Kananaskis Village, Alberta

A little about Kananaskis Village...

Kananaskis is an improvement district (a type of rural municipal administrative unit) situated to the west of Calgary, Alberta, Canada in the foothills and front ranges of the Canadian Rockies.

Located within the improvement district is Kananaskis Country, a 4,211 square kilometer tract of land with spectacular mountain and foothills scenery.

Recreation and tourism is what Kananaskis Country is noted for. Development for recreation in Kananaskis includes several campgrounds, a golf course, some hotels, a holiday ranch, two alpine ski areas (Nakiska, which hosted alpine skiing and freestyle moguls skiing during the 1988 Winter Olympics and Fortress Mountain) and a competitive cross-country ski area (the Canmore Nordic Centre) that the public can use. The Canmore Nordic Centre was the venue for cross-country skiing events during the 1988 Winter Olympics. Most of the development is within Peter Lougheed Provincial Park and along the highway 40 corridor that parallels the Kananaskis River. Kananaskis has many kilometres of hiking, cross-country ski, and horse trails. Other activities popular in Kananaskis include mountain biking, scrambling, climbing, backpacking, hunting, and fishing.

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.

Nakiska Ski Resort:
Location: Mount Allan, Alberta, Canada
Nearest city: Calgary
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

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).

Fortress Mountain is a ski resort in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.

Fortress Mountain Resort:
Location: Kananaskis, Canada
Nearest city: Calgary
Top elevation: 2,369 m
Base elevation: 2,040 m
Skiable area: 3.8 km²
Runs: 47
Longest run: 2 km
Lift system: 3 chairlifts, 2 T-bars
Snowfall: 630 cm/year

Located on the face of The Fortress, the resort spans over 3.8 km² from a top elevation of 2,369 m to the base at 2,040 m, and is serviced by 3 chairlifts (one triple, two doubles) and 2 T-bars. The longest run, at 2 km, has a vertical rise of 329 m.

The resort is located on Kananaskis trail (115 km west of Calgary). It is owned and operated by the Banff Rail Co.