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Challenger Glades at Sun Peaks Resort

Advanced · 528 m long with 265 m of vertical, averaging 27° and 33° at its steepest, facing SE.

33°steepest 50 m
27°average pitch
528 mlength
265 mvertical
1763 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Challenger Glades 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 Challenger Glades

Lifts that reach the top: West Bowl Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Crystal Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Burfield (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 28 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sunburst Express
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Cruiser (intermediate)
  4. Ski Trans Canada (intermediate)
  5. Ride Crystal Quad
  6. Ski 5 Mile (easy)
  7. Ski Westsyde (intermediate)
  8. Ski Round-a-Bout (intermediate)
  9. Ski Crystal Cat Track (easy)
  10. Ski Challenger Glades (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Challenger. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Burfield (5 min).

See Challenger Glades on the 3D mapAll runs at Sun Peaks Resort
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.