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Shortcut at Big White

Easy · 778 m long with 72 m of vertical, averaging 5° and 8° at its steepest, facing E.

8°steepest 50 m
5°average pitch
778 mlength
72 mvertical
1818 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

Shortcut is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Shortcut

Lifts that reach the top: Black Forest Express (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); Alpine T-bar (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 29 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)

Where it ends

Joins Millie's Mile. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Black Forest Express (1 min), Lara's Gondola (4 min), Kids Carpet (4 min).

See Shortcut 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.