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Sluice Box at Eaglecrest Ski Area

Easy · 267 m long with 41 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 14° at its steepest, facing N.

14°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
267 mlength
41 mvertical
511 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Sluice Box

Lifts that reach the top: Hooter Chair (skiing easy terrain to get there); Ptarmigan Chair (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Blackbear Chair (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 10 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Hooter Chair
  2. Ski Black Bear Access (easy)
  3. Ski Sluice Box (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Williwaw. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Hooter Chair (3 min), Ptarmigan Chair (4 min).

See Sluice Box on the 3D mapAll runs at Eaglecrest Ski Area
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.