Nakiska Ski Resort, Canada Reviews

Nice helpful people, well groomed hills, lots of space for sitting to eat or rest, well run lift lines and accurate information given regarding level of runs.

Great place to ski, very busy on weekends. Wish they had more lifts!

Rented snowshoes for a half day. They offered a student discount and the staff were knowledgeable. Facility was clean and we had fun

Snow was good, weather was good, crowds aren't as busy as I've seen. If you're looking for a quick trip from Calgary is good.

Fantastically maintained hill, good quality lifts. Tremendously expensive.

I love Nakiska been going for years went on a stint for 7 year before getting back into skiing and it was awesome there are plenty of slopes for beginners and intermediate. There also some difficult slopes to try out. Staff are friendly and very knowledgeable!

Great hill! Not far from the city and not as busy as some of the bigger hills.

The snow can be a bit icy but not too slippery. Staff are friendly!

Close to Calgary with nicely groomed runs. Cheap season passes if you buy in spring for next year.

Having lived and worked in the Village Nakiska has always been enjoyable . Even when nature doesn't supply the right stuff u make the best of it ! Close to the city, cheap passes for other RCR resorts with yearly pass . Groomed and un-touched runs including the always Fun Glades. If u are a whiner & cranky-pants don't visit - more for ME !

Silver was shut this am but back on track after lunch. Thanks nakiska our family always has fun!

Decided to go tubing for my sisters stagette. We had people drive from Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer and Lethbridge. The website said the operations was opened. When we got there, we were told we were supposed to check the snow report or we should've called. I just checked the website today and now it says this information. We weren't even apologized to for this misleading information on their website and was told to try other places. Wasted hours of everyone's day to go to the Tube Park.

Great bang for the buck for families gets busy but lifts move well. Nice smaller hill close to Calgary

Friendly staff, runs nicely groomed for cruising. Nice and close to Calgary but in the Rockies.

Good ski hill. To get off the bronze hill chair lift is a little steep and I wiped out everytime, but hills themselves are great

Always a fun day for the family at Nakiska. Good to get out in nature

Great and nice and close to where I live. Not a lot of powder but still a great place for a single day of skiing.

Good place to practice you turn n tricks. Can be very icy in some runs.

The runs were all awesome, very clear and fun. Basic amenities are included which is good. The food though, disgusting and extremely expensive. Location is good, close to Calgary. Service good. Definitely recommend it!

Close to Calgary. Relatively well maintained facility. And kind staffs.

Awesome skiing resort and I spent almost every Sunday there in winter

One of the best powder ski resorts in Alberta, best budget ski resort.

We've brought our kids here for the last couple years, absolute blast to see them be able to progress up the various difficulties.

hill is alright , not my favorite but close to Calgary and good to learn on. food and drinks are super expensive

Great hill, but if your driving from Calgary go the extra mile and hit sunshine or louise. The snow usually better and the views are spectacular!

In the ski area at the entrance of Banff National Park

I love the the selection of ski hills. Also it's a family oriented place

Snow was great and staff was personable. Dissapointed that the monster Glades were closed for avalanche control.

Good most of the time. They definitely need to make more snow.

Great place for skiing and super close to Calgary comparing other resorts

Snow was pretty good for this time of year. Lots of fun with kids.

We did the level one skiing class and were real happy with the whole thing. However the instructor said "oh yeah you're totally ready for the Bronze lift". In actuality we had no idea what we were doing. Other than that, it's a nice place. I recommend going during the week.

Very good for early season to warm up and get ready for this winter. There is some icy spots that you need to control your speed. I saw some kids fall badly because they go too fast and can't control their speed. Thank you very much Nakiska.

It's close to Calgary and is spectacular when the snow conditions are perfect. Unfortunately, it has a reputation for icy skiing conditions. Lift tickets and season passes are cheaper than competitors: Sunshine Village and Lake Louise.

Very solid ski hill. Substantially smaller than sunshine or Lake Louise but it is also closer to Calgary.

It's a good place for the family to be out in the winter. The lodge is often crowded.

Close to calgary. Ski instructors usually quite good. Kind of icy and very busy though and they shut down some lifts until almost january. Food is good in cafeteria. I would recommend coming here if you dont want to travel too far from Calgary.

Super close to Calgary, so perfect for a day of skiing. The conditions are just OK though.

It's a very kids friendly beginners' place. Bunny hill has a carpet (conveyor belt) which is perfect for kids. Not suitable for experts. Very few runs.

Nakiska website report said 90% of the hill was Open in fact between snow-making the Race courses less than 50% is open they did give me a rain check but i wouldn't have wasted the drive if id known

Great hill. Sometimes the Alpine team closes upper mapmaker so pay attention if you can't ski in the trees...

Great staff, great learning hill. Fun for the whole family.

Quality rocky mountain ski experience close to Calgary!

Great family hill! Nice and close to Calgary! Some really nice beginner terrain hope to spend more time here in the future

Very exciting place for the first time as a beginner. I really liked it. Really friendly and helpful stuff. Positive environment you can see happy and energetic people.

A great place to take the family skiing or snowboarding! Only an hour and a half drive from Calgary! Has all the amenities of any other ski hill. What more could you want?!

Hosted Ski Cross world cup over the weekend, the course was great.

Great hill, good snow over the weekend.
I find the food a bit pricey for the quality of what you get

Great day of skiing and snowboarding with me and my Wolfpack

This is a good place whether you are a beginner or an expert. For beginners, they have Magic Carpet area which was free earlier. But I guess due to Covid-19, to restrict the number of people, they have put a $10 fee per person.
They have inside cafeteria where you can sit, eat your home food or buy from there. Their Deli has a veg menu as well, though it's very limited. They allow you to stop your car for roughly 10 minutes at the entrance to allow you to unload stuff and then you can go and park in their giant parking lot which is just 2 minutes away. They even have a rental/repair shop. We got our skies repaired but then it took them a few days to fix those. They have a ski school as well. We can see a number of instructors teaching different age kids. They teach snowboarding as well. usually they have a lot of staff everywhere in the ground to help visitors. This time I even saw a paramedic with a dog. Overall a good place to learn and practice skiing.

Good ski, closer to Calgary than any comparable hill.

Beautiful place. We went for a hike in the area, breathtakingly beautiful.

Not bad. Its Nakiska so no fresh anywhere. In the lounge the food is overpriced and the service was fair.

Nakiska is kind of like the home field for Calgary skiers/boarders. It's a full mountain with lots of great runs and it's an hour or less from most of Calgary. It's not as diverse as Louise or Sunshine, but it's $30 less/ticket.

Boarders beware - the Olympic/Gold chairs have a bunch of flat terrain. Tuck in and go for it.

Lots of ice on the lower mountains but the wait wasn't too bad for lifts on a Saturday. Should be better now with more snow fall

A local favourite with world class history! We hadn't visited in a while but we're so impressed with the late season snow. For spring skiing there was no ice! The Monster Glades were exciting to ski and the lines were basically no existent. We're hoping to get back out for the final weekend.

Just beautiful. Went for entry level Snowboarding lessons. Our instructor was very good.

Nice resort. It would have been nice to get away from the loud music in the day lodge. Very loud inside and outside.

Nice hill. Not super challenging but fun. Good place for cruising groomers. The infrastructure is good and well laid out. Short drive from Calgary too.

They tried their best in the pandemic. Our class got canceled due the instructor was no show but I still like the resort coz all the employees are great and tried their best to reschedule.

Best place to learn to ski around Banff area. If you have a young child under 5, get them a Tiger pass for 22$and they'll be able to go all season and pays itself off after 2 visits.

Had a lovely day at this mostly family hill. Beautiful sunshine. Unfortunately 2 of the best runs were closed for race training and the top t bar was also closed (they were digging it out) and the high traverse was closed for.... no reason I could tell. 18cm of reported snow was closer to 8cms. But I still had fun. Besides... the worst day of skiing is still better than the best day of work!

Not the best ski resort, but i give it 4 because it is close to town.

Great for the whole family. Wide range of runs. Easy on the budget