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Milky Way at Mount Norquay

Easy · 245 m long with 43 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 16° at its steepest, facing N.

16°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
245 mlength
43 mvertical
1711 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Milky Way

Lifts that reach the top: Cascade (skiing easy terrain to get there); Spirit (skiing easy terrain to get there); Mystic Express (skiing advanced terrain to get there); North American (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 4 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Cascade
  2. Ski Cascade (easy)
  3. Ski Valley of 10 (easy)
  4. Ski Cascade Connector (easy)
  5. Ski Milky Way (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Scooter. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Spirit (1 min).

See Milky Way on the 3D mapAll runs at Mount Norquay
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.