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Shakey Knees at Big White

Advanced · 905 m long with 299 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 31° at its steepest, facing SW.

31°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
905 mlength
299 mvertical
2157 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Shakey Knees

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

From the base area (about 25 minutes, advanced 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 Trapper's (easy)
  7. Ski Shakey Knees (advanced)

Where it ends

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

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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.