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Idiot's Option at Attitash

Advanced · 427 m long with 162 m of vertical, averaging 21° and 27° at its steepest, facing NW.

27°steepest 50 m
21°average pitch
427 mlength
162 mvertical
495 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Idiot's Option is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Idiot's Option

Lifts that reach the top: The Mountaineer (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 12 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride The Mountaineer
  2. Ski Upper Saco (intermediate)
  3. Ski Middle Saco (intermediate)
  4. Ski Idiot's Option (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Saco, Tim's Trauma, Middle Saco. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Flying Yankee (2 min), The Mountaineer (2 min).

See Idiot's Option on the 3D mapAll runs at Attitash
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.