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Sassafras at Bittersweet

Intermediate · 87 m long with 8 m of vertical, averaging 5° and 6° at its steepest, facing NE.

6°steepest 50 m

5°average pitch

87 mlength

8 mvertical

257 mtop elevation

NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Sassafras

Lifts that reach the top: Snowflyer (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Sweet Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Hawthorne Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Chickory Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Creeping Myrtle Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 3 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

Ride Sweet Express
Ski Snowberry (intermediate)
Ski Sassafras (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Wild Rose. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Wild Rose Rope (1 min), Snowflyer (1 min), Buttercup belt (2 min).

See Sassafras on the 3D map All runs at Bittersweet

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.