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Blue Sapphire at Big White

Intermediate · 1490 m long with 327 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 24° at its steepest, facing SW.

24°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
1490 mlength
327 mvertical
2046 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

Blue Sapphire is south-west-facing: warm afternoon sun, softens and refreezes the most after the sunniest aspect.

How to get to Blue Sapphire

Lifts that reach the top: Gem Lake Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); Powder Chair (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Falcon Chair (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Alpine T-bar (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 14 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Gem Lake Express
  2. Ski Village Way (easy)
  3. Ski Blue Sapphire (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Ogo Slow. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Gem Connector (5 min), Gem Lake Express (5 min).

See Blue Sapphire on the 3D mapAll runs at Big White
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.