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Corkscrew at Big White

Intermediate · 1101 m long with 298 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 23° at its steepest, facing SW.

23°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
1101 mlength
298 mvertical
2156 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Corkscrew

Lifts that reach the top: Powder Chair (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 29 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Gem Lake Express
  2. Ski Village Way (easy)
  3. Ride Powder Chair
  4. Ski Corkscrew (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Village Way. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Powder Chair (1 min), Gem Connector (10 min), Gem Lake Express (10 min).

See Corkscrew 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.