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Shortcut at Sun Peaks Resort

Intermediate · 685 m long with 112 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 18° at its steepest, facing NE.

18°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
685 mlength
112 mvertical
1635 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Shortcut is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Shortcut

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

From the base area (about 12 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sunburst Express
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Exhibition (intermediate)
  4. Ski Broadway (advanced)
  5. Ski Shortcut (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins 5 Mile, Bluff. Nearest lifts from the bottom: unnamed magic carpet (5 min), Sunburst Express (5 min), Sundance Express Chairlift (5 min).

See Shortcut 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.