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Surprise at Big White

Advanced · 903 m long with 285 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 25° at its steepest, facing SW.

25°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
903 mlength
285 mvertical
2145 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Surprise

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

From the base area (about 22 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Ridge Rocket Express
  2. Ski Powder Gulch (intermediate)
  3. Ride Powder Chair
  4. Ski Powder Easy Out (easy)
  5. Ski Shakey Knees (advanced)
  6. Ski Surprise (advanced)

Where it ends

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

See Surprise 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.