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Crystal Glades at Sun Peaks Resort

Advanced · 730 m long with 116 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 21° at its steepest, facing SE.

21°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
730 mlength
116 mvertical
1895 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Crystal 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 Crystal Glades

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 23 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 Blue Line (intermediate)
  8. Ski Crystal Glades (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Hot Shot, Highway 22. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Crystal Quad (1 min), unnamed magic carpet (5 min), Sunburst Express (5 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.