the horse has snow for weeks if you know were to look for it. everything you can view from the chair or from the chair or gondola is gone pretty quick, but ive found that all of the cliffs are still useable for well after a big snowfall. i would definitely say the horse is better then fernie for terrain, the gondola system at kicking horse is fucking brutal if you do end up there on a busy day, and the night life in golden is shit compared to fernie. but if you can hit kicking horse on a mid week pow day, your heli skiing for the price of a lift ticket.