Hay Loft at Haystack Mountain Ski Area
Intermediate · 154 m long with 33 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 14° at its steepest, facing NE.
14°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
154 mlength
33 mvertical
698 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Hay Loft is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Hay Loft
Lifts that reach the top: The Witches (skiing easy terrain to get there); Barnstormer (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 12 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Barnstormer
- Ski Upper Dutchman
- Ski Flying Dutchman (easy)
- Ski Flying Dutchman, Route 100 South (easy)
- Ski Flying Dutchman (easy)
- Ski Flying Dutchman, Witch Way (easy)
- Ski Flying Dutchman (easy)
- Ski Needle's Eye (intermediate)
- Ski Hay seed (intermediate)
- Ski Hay Loft (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Needle. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Barnstormer (2 min), Stag's Leap (4 min).
See Hay Loft on the 3D mapAll runs at Haystack Mountain Ski AreaMeasured 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.