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Milky Way at Crotched Mountain Ski & Ride

Intermediate · 308 m long with 53 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 17° at its steepest, facing NW.

17°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
308 mlength
53 mvertical
520 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

Lit for night skiing.

How to get to Milky Way

Lifts that reach the top: Crotched Rocket (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Crotched Rocket
  2. Ski Moon Walk (intermediate)
  3. Ski Milky Way (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Super Nova, Velocity. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Crotched Rocket (3 min), West (3 min), Park Lift (3 min).

See Milky Way on the 3D mapAll runs at Crotched Mountain Ski & Ride
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.