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Sluice Box at Angel Fire Resort

Advanced · 605 m long with 182 m of vertical, averaging 17° and 22° at its steepest, facing NW.

22°steepest 50 m
17°average pitch
605 mlength
182 mvertical
3223 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Sluice Box is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Sluice Box

Lifts that reach the top: Chile Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); Liberation Park (#3) (skiing easy terrain to get there); Southwest Flyer (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 13 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Chile Express
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Headin' Home (easy)
  4. Ski Sluice Box (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Glory Hole. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Upper Magic Carpet #2 (7 min), Lower Magic Carpet #1 (7 min), Dream Catcher (7 min).

See Sluice Box on the 3D mapAll runs at Angel Fire Resort
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.