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Sluice Box at Whitewater Mountain Resort

Intermediate · 1543 m long with 363 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 22° at its steepest, facing SW.

22°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
1543 mlength
363 mvertical
1991 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

Sluice Box is south-west-facing: warm afternoon sun, softens and refreezes the most after the sunniest aspect.

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Sluice Box

Lifts that reach the top: Silver King Chair (skiing easy terrain to get there); Raven (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 34 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Glory Ridge
  2. Ski Summit Ski Way (intermediate)
  3. Ski Bonanza (intermediate)
  4. Ride Silver King Chair
  5. Ski Silver King Ski Way (easy)
  6. Ski Sluice Box (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Kootenay Flats. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Silver King Chair (1 min), Hummer Handle Tow (1 min), Summit Chair (3 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.