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Middle Recoil at Gunstock Mountain Resort

Intermediate · 3416 m long with 220 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 18° at its steepest, facing N.

18°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
3416 mlength
220 mvertical
567 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Middle Recoil

Lifts that reach the top: Panorama High Speed Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Ramrod Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Tiger Triple (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Ramrod Quad
  2. Ski Upper Smith (intermediate)
  3. Ski Lower Trigger (intermediate)
  4. Ski Lower Recoil (intermediate)
  5. Ski Middle Recoil (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Recoil, Middle Trigger, Upper Gunsmoke, Hot Shot. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Pistol Triple (2 min), Panorama High Speed Quad (2 min), Ramrod Quad (2 min).

See Middle Recoil on the 3D mapAll runs at Gunstock Mountain Resort
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.