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Switchback at Alyeska

Intermediate · 357 m long with 68 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 16° at its steepest, facing NW.

16°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
357 mlength
68 mvertical
367 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Switchback

Lifts that reach the top: Ted's Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Aerial Tram (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Glacier Bowl Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 4 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Ted's Express
  2. Ski Jetway (intermediate)
  3. Ski Ego Flats (intermediate)
  4. Ski Corkscrew (intermediate)
  5. Ski Switchback (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Klondike, Waterfall. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Ted's Express (2 min), Tanaka (3 min).

See Switchback on the 3D mapAll runs at Alyeska
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.