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Chicken at Banff Sunshine

Intermediate · 124 m long with 26 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 14° at its steepest, facing NW.

14°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
124 mlength
26 mvertical
2261 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Chicken

Lifts that reach the top: Goat's Eye Express Quad (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 57 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sunshine Village Gondola I
  2. Ride Sunshine Village Gondola II
  3. Ski Banff Avenue (easy)
  4. Ride Jackrabbit Quad
  5. Ski Banff Avenue (easy)
  6. Ski Roller Coaster (intermediate)
  7. Ride Goat's Eye Express Quad
  8. Ski Sunshine Coast (intermediate)
  9. Ski Eagle (intermediate)
  10. Ski Sky Dive (advanced)
  11. Ski Sunshine Coast (intermediate)
  12. Ski Scapegoat (intermediate)
  13. Ski Rolling Thunder (advanced)
  14. Ski Chicken (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Scapegoat, The Big Woody. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Goat's Eye Express Quad (3 min), Sunshine Village Gondola II (3 min), Wolverine Express Quad (3 min).

See Chicken on the 3D mapAll runs at Banff Sunshine
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.