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North Ridge at Schweitzer Mountain

Intermediate · 1585 m long with 117 m of vertical, averaging 6° and 13° at its steepest, facing NW.

13°steepest 50 m
6°average pitch
1585 mlength
117 mvertical
1948 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to North Ridge

Lifts that reach the top: Idyle Our T-Bar (skiing novice terrain to get there); Great Escape Quad (skiing novice terrain to get there); Colburn Triple (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 17 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Creekside Express
  2. Ride Musical Carpet
  3. Ride Great Escape Quad
  4. Ski North Ridge (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Cut Off. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Idyle Our T-Bar (1 min), Stella (7 min).

See North Ridge 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.