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Northwest Traverse at Great Divide Snowsports

Intermediate · 558 m long with 88 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 20° at its steepest, facing NW.

20°steepest 50 m

9°average pitch

558 mlength

88 mvertical

2132 mtop elevation

NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Northwest Traverse

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

From the base area (about 2 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

Ride Wild West
Ski Northwest Traverse (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Quick Draw, Altitude, Northwest Passage, Great Beyond. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Wild West (3 min), Meadow Mountain (5 min), unnamed rope tow (6 min).

See Northwest Traverse 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.