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Monkey Trail

Blue Ski Smithers, BC

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical320 ft
Length2,359 ft
Average pitch8°
FacesSE
Top5,089 ft

Monkey Trail drops 320 vertical feet over 2,359 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 1,310 feet below the top. That's steeper than 16% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 10th steepest of 16 named runs at Ski Smithers. It faces southeast.

How well Monkey Trail holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 8°, Monkey Trail gets about 146% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Smithers does, December through March. That's sunnier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th sunniest named run at Ski Smithers. Its top sits at 5,090 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Monkey Trail profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Monkey Trail elsewhere

Nearby at Ski Smithers

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter lidar from Natural Resources Canada. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.