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Devil's Backbone at Mount Bachelor ski area

Advanced · 1169 m long with 345 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 26° at its steepest, facing NW.

26°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
1169 mlength
345 mvertical
2229 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Devil's Backbone

Lifts that reach the top: Northwest Express (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 16 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Northwest Express
  2. Ski Northwest Crossover (easy)
  3. Ski Devil's West (advanced)
  4. Ski Devil's Backbone (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Atkeson's Zoom. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Northwest Express (3 min).

See Devil's Backbone on the 3D mapAll runs at Mount Bachelor 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.