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Needle at Haystack Mountain Ski Area

Intermediate · 824 m long with 208 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 23° at its steepest, facing E.

23°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
824 mlength
208 mvertical
827 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Needle

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 11 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Barnstormer
  2. Ski Upper Dutchman
  3. Ski Flying Dutchman (easy)
  4. Ski Flying Dutchman, Route 100 South (easy)
  5. Ski Route 100 South (easy)
  6. Ski Needle (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Hay seed, Dutchman Work Road. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Barnstormer (1 min), Stag's Leap (3 min).

See Needle on the 3D mapAll runs at Haystack Mountain Ski Area
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.