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Northwest Passage Trail at Seven Springs Mountain Resort

Intermediate · 772 m long with 25 m of vertical, averaging 3° and 8° at its steepest, facing NW.

8°steepest 50 m

3°average pitch

772 mlength

25 mvertical

900 mtop elevation

NWfaces

Snow and sun

Northwest Passage Trail is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Northwest Passage Trail

Lifts that reach the top: Blitzen Lift (skiing novice terrain to get there); North Face Lift (skiing novice terrain to get there); Polar Bear Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); Gunnar Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Giant Steps Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 3 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

Ride Blitzen Lift
Ski Northwest Passage Trail (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Giant Boulder Slope, unnamed easy trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: North Face Lift (2 min), Giant Steps Lift (2 min), Santa's Beard Rope Tow (2 min).

See Northwest Passage Trail on the 3D map All runs at Seven Springs Mountain Resort

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.