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Upper Kaniksu at Schweitzer Mountain

Advanced · 435 m long with 182 m of vertical, averaging 23° and 33° at its steepest, facing NE.

33°steepest 50 m
23°average pitch
435 mlength
182 mvertical
1940 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Upper Kaniksu

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

From the base area (about 13 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)

Where it ends

Joins Kaniksu, Snow Ghost. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Cedar Park Express (5 min), Stella (5 min).

See Upper Kaniksu 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.