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Nose of the Chief at Sun Peaks Resort

Advanced · 428 m long with 147 m of vertical, averaging 19° and 26° at its steepest, facing SE.

26°steepest 50 m
19°average pitch
428 mlength
147 mvertical
2007 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Nose of the Chief is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Nose of the Chief

Lifts that reach the top: Burfield (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Crystal Quad (skiing advanced 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 Juniper Ridge (advanced)
  7. Ski Nose of the Chief (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Chief Shoulder, Highway 22. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Crystal Quad (2 min), unnamed magic carpet (6 min), Sunburst Express (7 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.