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Sluice Headwall at Sugarloaf

Advanced · 227 m long with 100 m of vertical, averaging 24° and 30° at its steepest, facing NE.

30°steepest 50 m
24°average pitch
227 mlength
100 mvertical
1151 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Sluice Headwall

Lifts that reach the top: Bateau T-Bar (skiing novice terrain to get there); Skyline (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 19 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Doubble Runner West
  2. Ride Bateau T-Bar
  3. Ski Sluice Headwall (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Gin Pole, Sluice, Pick Pole, Upper Spillway. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Bateau T-Bar (2 min), Timberline (2 min), Skyline (2 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.