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Kaniksu Woods at Schweitzer Mountain

Advanced · 483 m long with 131 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 20° at its steepest, facing NE.

20°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
483 mlength
131 mvertical
1527 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Tree skiing (gladed).

How to get to Kaniksu Woods

Lifts that reach the top: Colburn Triple (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Great Escape Quad (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Stella
  2. Ski Vagabond (intermediate)
  3. Ride Colburn Triple
  4. Ski North Ridge (intermediate)
  5. Ski Upper Kaniksu (advanced)
  6. Ski Kaniksu (intermediate)
  7. Ski Kaniksu Woods (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Gitback, Kaniksu. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Stella (2 min).

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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.