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Sluice Box at Showdown Ski Area

Intermediate · 420 m long with 99 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 20° at its steepest, facing E.

20°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
420 mlength
99 mvertical
2352 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Sluice Box

Lifts that reach the top: Hoxter Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Payload (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Prospector (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 11 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Hoxter Express
  2. Ski Quicksilver Lower (intermediate)
  3. Ski Sluice Box (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Hall-O. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Hoxter Express (1 min), unnamed magic carpet (1 min), Payload (2 min).

See Sluice Box on the 3D mapAll runs at Showdown 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.