Bushwacker Galdes at Sun Peaks Resort
Advanced · 315 m long with 69 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 17° at its steepest, facing SE.
17°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
315 mlength
69 mvertical
1884 mtop elevation
SEfaces
Snow and sun
Bushwacker Galdes is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.
Grooming: backcountry. Tree skiing (gladed). Ungroomed, off-piste character.
How to get to Bushwacker Galdes
Lifts that reach the top: Crystal Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Burfield (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 24 minutes, advanced skiing needed):
- Ride Sunburst Express
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski Cruiser (intermediate)
- Ski Trans Canada (intermediate)
- Ride Crystal Quad
- Ski 5 Mile (easy)
- Ski Blue Line (intermediate)
- Ski Lunch Time (intermediate)
- Ski Bushwacker Galdes (advanced)
Where it ends
Joins East Bushwacker, Crystal Lane. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Crystal Quad (1 min), unnamed magic carpet (6 min), Sunburst Express (6 min).
See Bushwacker Galdes on the 3D mapAll runs at Sun Peaks ResortMeasured 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.