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Rook at 49 Degrees North Ski Area

Intermediate · 127 m long with 48 m of vertical, averaging 21° and 23° at its steepest, facing NE.

23°steepest 50 m
21°average pitch
127 mlength
48 mvertical
1322 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Rook

Lifts that reach the top: Sunrise Quad #5 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Northern Spirit Express #1 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Silver Lode #4 (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 16 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sunrise Quad #5
  2. Ski Silver Ridge (easy)
  3. Ski Portal (easy)
  4. Ski Rook (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Portal. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Northern Spirit Express #1 (4 min), Gold Fever #7 (5 min), Grubstake #2 (5 min).

See Rook on the 3D mapAll runs at 49 Degrees North Ski Area
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.