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Needle's Eye at Haystack Mountain Ski Area

Intermediate · 366 m long with 40 m of vertical, averaging 6° and 14° at its steepest, facing NE.

14°steepest 50 m
6°average pitch
366 mlength
40 mvertical
775 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Needle's Eye is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Needle's Eye

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 Flying Dutchman (easy)
  6. Ski Flying Dutchman, Witch Way (easy)
  7. Ski Flying Dutchman (easy)
  8. Ski Needle's Eye (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Needle. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Barnstormer (2 min), Stag's Leap (5 min).

See Needle's Eye 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.