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Widowmaker at Blacktail Mountain Ski Area

Easy · 877 m long with 150 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 15° at its steepest, facing NW.

15°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
877 mlength
150 mvertical
2009 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Widowmaker

Lifts that reach the top: Olympic Triple (skiing novice terrain to get there); Handle Tow (skiing easy terrain to get there); Thunderhead Double (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 11 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Crystal Double
  2. Ski Short Branch (easy)
  3. Ride Olympic Triple
  4. Ski Cold Camp (easy)
  5. Ski Widowmaker (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Blacktail Run, Crossover, Short Branch, Cold Camp, Easy Out. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Olympic Triple (1 min), Crystal Double (4 min), Thunderhead Double (4 min).

See Widowmaker on the 3D mapAll runs at Blacktail Mountain 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.