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Back Eddy at Shames Mountain Ski Area

Intermediate · 489 m long with 143 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 18° at its steepest, facing SE.

18°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
489 mlength
143 mvertical
968 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Back Eddy is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.

How to get to Back Eddy

Lifts that reach the top: Blue Chair (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Red T-Bar (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 13 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Blue Chair
  2. Ski Exhibition (intermediate)
  3. Ski Back Eddy (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Potline. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Blue Chair (2 min), Handle Tow (3 min).

See Back Eddy on the 3D mapAll runs at Shames Mountain Ski Area
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.