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Desperado at Great Divide Snowsports

Advanced · 300 m long with 88 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 20° at its steepest, facing N.

20°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
300 mlength
88 mvertical
1966 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Desperado

Lifts that reach the top: Wild West (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Mount Belmont (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 5 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Wild West
  2. Ski Northwest Traverse (intermediate)
  3. Ski Trapper (intermediate)
  4. Ski Northwest Passage (intermediate)
  5. Ski Desperado (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Scared Bear. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Wild West (2 min).

See Desperado on the 3D mapAll runs at Great Divide Snowsports
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.