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Gondola Way at Big White

Easy · 816 m long with 63 m of vertical, averaging 4° and 9° at its steepest, facing SW.

steepest 50 m
average pitch
816 mlength
63 mvertical
1743 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Gondola Way

Lifts that reach the top: Black Forest Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); Telus Park Chair (skiing easy terrain to get there); Snow Ghost Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); Bullet Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); Powder Chair (skiing easy terrain to get there); Cliff Chair (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 32 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sapphire Express
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ride Falcon Chair
  4. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  5. Ski Falcon Easy Out (easy)
  6. Ski T-bar Easy Out (easy)
  7. Ski Powder Easy Out (easy)
  8. Ski Easy Out (easy)
  9. Ski Highway 33 (easy)
  10. Ski Shortcut (easy)
  11. Ski Millie's Mile (easy)
  12. Ski Gondola Way (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Happy Valley Way. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lara's Gondola (1 min), Kids Carpet (1 min), Magic Carpet (3 min).

See Gondola Way 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.