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Backfire at Mountain High

Advanced · 231 m long with 84 m of vertical, averaging 20° and 28° at its steepest, facing E.

28°steepest 50 m
20°average pitch
231 mlength
84 mvertical
2280 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Backfire

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

From the base area (about 11 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Snowflake
  2. Ride Conquest
  3. Ski Inferno Ridge (advanced)
  4. Ski Backfire (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Conquest. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Conquest (1 min), Snowflake (2 min), Roadrunner (2 min).

See Backfire on the 3D mapAll runs at Mountain High
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.