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Y-Knot at Burke Mountain Ski Area

Advanced · 557 m long with 59 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 26° at its steepest, facing N.

26°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
557 mlength
59 mvertical
677 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Y-Knot 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 Y-Knot

Lifts that reach the top: T-Bar (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Mid-Burke Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 12 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride T-Bar
  2. Ski Deer Run (intermediate)
  3. Ski Upper Dipper (intermediate)
  4. Ski Big Dipper (intermediate)
  5. Ski Deer Run (intermediate)
  6. Ski Y-Knot (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Lew's Leap, Deer Run. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Mid-Burke Express (3 min), Sherburne Express (6 min), Carpet (6 min).

See Y-Knot on the 3D mapAll runs at Burke 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.