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Nugget at Eaglecrest Ski Area

Intermediate · 219 m long with 63 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 24° at its steepest, facing NE.

24°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
219 mlength
63 mvertical
598 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Nugget

Lifts that reach the top: Ptarmigan Chair (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Blackbear Chair (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 4 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Blackbear Chair
  2. Ski Vertigo (intermediate)
  3. Ski Williwaw (easy)
  4. Ski Motherlode (intermediate)
  5. Ski Nugget (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Williwaw. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Blackbear Chair (1 min), Hooter Chair (5 min), Ptarmigan Chair (5 min).

See Nugget on the 3D mapAll runs at Eaglecrest 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.