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Lower Sams Alley at Schweitzer Mountain

Intermediate · 765 m long with 179 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 24° at its steepest, facing E.

24°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
765 mlength
179 mvertical
1759 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Lower Sams Alley

Lifts that reach the top: The Basin Express (skiing novice terrain to get there); Lakeview Triple (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Great Escape Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 9 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Creekside Express
  2. Ride The Basin Express
  3. Ski Lower Sams Alley (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Ridge Run. Nearest lifts from the bottom: The Basin Express (2 min), Musical Carpet (3 min).

See Lower Sams Alley on the 3D mapAll runs at Schweitzer Mountain
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.