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Riptide at Mount Washington Alpine Resort

Intermediate · 270 m long with 78 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 21° at its steepest, facing W.

21°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
270 mlength
78 mvertical
1405 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Riptide is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Riptide

Lifts that reach the top: Hawk Express (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 7 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Hawk Express
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Riptide (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Reverse Traverse. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Hawk Express (4 min), Eagle Express (4 min), Whiskey Jack Chair (4 min).

See Riptide on the 3D mapAll runs at Mount Washington Alpine Resort
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.