SWS Runs of the day

Each ski day, we profile our favorite run of the day with the weather.
We’re currently gathering our run profiles and will post them here shortly.

Oxygen Debt

Opening up from an alpine ridge, this breath taking delight carries you through a wide open...
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Anne’s Run

Named after one of our guests, this is one of the most spectacular runs in the tenure. Starting from near the peak...
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Top Secret

At great potential personal peril, I will divulge some information regarding this run.
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Midnight Bowl

Midnight Bowl is much like a deep freeze storage locker where we keep all of the driest and...
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Egyptian

You will find Egyptian on the top ten list of many of our returning guests...

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Cadillac

Cadillac is one of the premier runs on Lightning Ridge. 2500 vertical feet of shear...
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Bunga Bunga

Named after a joke which one of your guides may or may not be willing to tell you, this run...
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Chuck Your Lunch

I wasn't there when it was named, so I don't know if it really happened, but...
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Hunters Hollow

Named by skiers in a group from an oil exploration company named...
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Reg’s Ridge

Reg's Ridge, tops Allan's list of five favorite runs. Reg's follows...
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Rolling Thunder

This has been a bread and butter run for our skiers since the inception of SWS in 1976. Starting from...
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Sparkie’s Ridge

Forming the southeast flank of Desperado Bowl, Sparkie's Ridge covers the range from...
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The Guides Must Be Crazy

A narrow couloir dropping from a sub-alpine ridge through a rock face...
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TMFT

Where the lines open up below you like an automatic door at the grocery store.
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Turkey Salad

From near tree line, Turkey Salad is a south facing slope with mostly widely spaced trees and a...
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Cascade

Cascade has a right line and a left line. These are two lines that an ordinary person would never...
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Rodeo

You better have your saddle cinched up tight. You're in for a ride! It starts...
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Arnie’s

Arnie's is one of the several lines dropping into John Bowl. The pitch is slightly beyond tame and the...
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Tickety Boo

Originally named for the quality of the snow, Tickety Boo can pile up deep...
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John Bowl

John Bowl forms the headwaters of John Creek in a large open alpine to tree line bowl facing...
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Brenda’s Pitch

If John Bowl is a giant oyster, Brenda's Pitch is a pearl embedded deep in its powdery flesh.
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Yodel

This run is tucked into the lower slopes of John Bowl in such a way that a good, strong Yodel will echo off three or more different...
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Dilettante’s Demise

A dilettante is someone who dabbles in something for his own pleasure?
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Middle Bowl

Middle Bowl was the only developed alpine component of our terrain for the first decade...
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Right of Way and Run Away

Right of Way presents itself first dropping to the left where you plunge through...
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Trinity Chutes

Trinity Chutes consists of three Holy chutes starting high on...
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Gauntlet and Gallows

Two wildly fun couloirs dropping north off the Rolling Thunder ridge into...
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Allan’s Glades

Another one of several runs off Rolling Thunder into...
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McKian Creek

The magic experienced on this line is felt by most.
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Rock Run

Another one of several runs off Rolling Thunder into Beaver Bowl, this has been a source of endless...
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The View Slope

You are about to take on one of our marquee runs, one where...
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Cats Cradle

Cats Cradle is a beautiful wide open bowl facing...
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Outer Limits

Outer Limits is found at the end of the road.
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Bride’s Pyjamas

Starting in the low treeline and pouring down to below treeline, this run is said to be...
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12 O’Clock High

12 O’Clock High is one of the many bowls with an alpine start into open tree line for a finish. There are 2 main...
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Behind the Eightball

One of several below treeline runs fed by John Bowl, this run got its name from a small steep micro-bowl hidden in the forest. Once beyond the micro bowl, the steep...
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Lady Di Ridge

This run was named well before the Princess met her untimely demise. She was sweet and well loved by...
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