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Yellowhead at Purden Ski Village

Intermediate · 1100 m long with 175 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 20° at its steepest, facing NE.

20°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
1100 mlength
175 mvertical
1217 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Yellowhead

Lifts that reach the top: Yellow Chair (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 15 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Yellow Chair
  2. Ski Bunny Hop (easy)
  3. Ski Yellowhead (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Pipe, Hickory Wing, Purzelbaum. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Yellow Chair (1 min), T-Bar (1 min).

See Yellowhead on the 3D mapAll runs at Purden Ski Village
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.