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Sneaky Pete

Whistler

Whistler Blackcomb

You're on West Ridge and gladed skiing isn't your thing...

Freeride Skiing Difficult

Distance
781 m
Ascent
4 m
Descent
298 m
Low Point
1.8 km
High Point
2.1 km
Gradient
43˚
Sneaky Pete Map

Sneaky Pete is a traverse line from half way down Whistler Bowl all the way up onto West Ridge and into West Bowl, the main guts of it being the last 50 meter pitch. This is a very useful traverse line for accessing lots of terrain in the Peak Chair zone, cutting under steeper terrain such as West Cirque and opening up fun gladed runs and chutes such as Frog Hollow, Christmas Trees and Elevator. Once you've made it up onto West Ridge stay hard left and ski the open pitch with no trees on into the bowl. It starts off narrow and opens up a lot right under a permanently closed area so sticking hard left can sometimes access you some fresh powder too. Ski West Bowl back down the middle to Highway 86.

Difficulty

Difficult

Serious gradient of 30-38 degrees where a real risk of slipping exists.

Low Exposure (E1)

1 out of 4

Exposure is limited to that of the slope itself. Getting hurt is still likely if the slope is steep and/or the snow is hard.

Remoteness

1 out of 4

Close to help in case of emergency.

Best time to visit

between December and April

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