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Nightmare at Blue Mountain Ski Area

Expert · 930 m long with 78 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 17° at its steepest, facing N.

17°steepest 50 m
average pitch
930 mlength
78 mvertical
448 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry, classic. Lit for night skiing. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Nightmare

Lifts that reach the top: Challenge Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); Comet Quad (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 8 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Challenge Express
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Paradise (easy)
  4. Ski Nightmare (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Razor's Edge, Dream Weaver. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Upper (3 min), Frontier Conveyor Lifts Mid (3 min), Frontier Conveyor Lifts Lower (4 min).

See Nightmare on the 3D mapAll runs at Blue 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.