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Dark Star at Bretton Woods Mountain Resort

Expert · 78 m long with 36 m of vertical, averaging 25° and 25° at its steepest, facing NW.

25°steepest 50 m
25°average pitch
78 mlength
36 mvertical
615 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Tree skiing (gladed). Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Dark Star

Lifts that reach the top: Telegraph T-bar (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Rosebrook Summit Express Quad (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Skyway Gondola (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Bethlehem Express High Speed Quad (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 13 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Skyway Gondola
  2. Ski Upper Swoop (intermediate)
  3. Ski Mt. Road Traverse (easy)
  4. Ski Two Miles Home (intermediate)
  5. Ski Sly Fox (advanced)
  6. Ski Dark Star (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Deception Bowl. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Learning Center Quad (3 min), Red Carpet (3 min), Skyway Gondola (3 min).

See Dark Star on the 3D mapAll runs at Bretton Woods Mountain Resort
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.