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Northwest Passage at Great Divide Snowsports

Intermediate · 1656 m long with 137 m of vertical, averaging 5° and 8° at its steepest, facing E.

8°steepest 50 m

5°average pitch

1656 mlength

137 mvertical

2044 mtop elevation

Efaces

Snow and sun

Northwest Passage is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

How to get to Northwest Passage

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

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

Ride Wild West
Ski Northwest Traverse (intermediate)
Ski Northwest Passage (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Cub, Huggin's Flat. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Meadow Mountain (1 min), unnamed rope tow (2 min), Mount Belmont (3 min).

See Northwest Passage on the 3D map All 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.