Backout at Black Mountain Ski Area
Expert · 137 m long with 55 m of vertical, averaging 22° and 32° at its steepest, facing E.
32°steepest 50 m
22°average pitch
137 mlength
55 mvertical
697 mtop elevation
Efaces
Snow and sun
Backout is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.
Grooming: backcountry. Tree skiing (gladed). Ungroomed, off-piste character.
How to get to Backout
No lift-served path appears in the map data: it may be hike-to, gated, or mapped separately.
Where it ends
Joins Upper Black Beauty, Blackout. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Rope Tow (4 min), East Bowl Triple (5 min), Platter Pull (6 min).
See Backout on the 3D mapAll runs at Black Mountain Ski AreaMeasured 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.