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Sluice at Copper Mountain

Easy · 296 m long with 54 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 16° at its steepest, facing NE.

16°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
296 mlength
54 mvertical
3466 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Sluice is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Sluice

Lifts that reach the top: Rendezvous (skiing easy terrain to get there); Rendezvous (skiing easy terrain to get there); American Flyer (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Sierra (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 23 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride American Flyer
  2. Ski Coppertone (easy)
  3. Ride Rendezvous
  4. Ski Union Park (easy)
  5. Ski Sluice (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Coppertone, Union Gap. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Rendezvous (2 min), Sail Away (6 min), Terrain Park (7 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.