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Death Star at Mt. Baker Ski Area

Intermediate · 228 m long with 32 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 11° at its steepest, facing NE.

11°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
228 mlength
32 mvertical
1253 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Death Star 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 Death Star

Lifts that reach the top: Chair 3 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Chair 4 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Chair 6 (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 6 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Chair 4
  2. Ski Big Creek (easy)
  3. Ski Sneaky Pete (intermediate)
  4. Ski Death Star (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Big Creek, Sneaky Pete, Cat Track. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Chair 4 (2 min), Chair 6 (2 min), Chair 5 (2 min).

See Death Star on the 3D mapAll runs at Mt. Baker 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.