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Gil's Traverse at Sun Peaks Resort

Advanced · 494 m long with 41 m of vertical, averaging 2° and 13° at its steepest, facing S.

13°steepest 50 m
2°average pitch
494 mlength
41 mvertical
2095 mtop elevation
Sfaces

Snow and sun

Gil's Traverse is equator-facing: the sunniest aspect, softens earliest and suffers most in warm spells.

How to get to Gil's Traverse

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

From the base area (about 33 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. Ride West Bowl Express
  9. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  10. Ski Gil's Hike (intermediate)
  11. Ski Gil's Traverse (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed easy trail, Westsyde, Inner Gil's. Nearest lifts from the bottom: West Bowl Express (4 min), Elevation (7 min), Crystal Quad (8 min).

See Gil's Traverse 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.