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Way Back at Ski Cooper

Easy · 387 m long with 59 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 10° at its steepest, facing W.

10°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
387 mlength
59 mvertical
3345 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Way Back is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

How to get to Way Back

Lifts that reach the top: Buckeye Platter (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); 10th Mountain Chair (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); 10th Mountain (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Piney Basin Triple Chair (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Little Horse (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Hoyt's (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 6 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Piney Basin Triple Chair
  2. Ski Upper Shamrock (intermediate)
  3. Ski Molly Mayfield (easy)
  4. Ski Vendome Burn (intermediate)
  5. Ski Upper Buckeye (intermediate)
  6. Ski Way Back (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Molly Mayfield. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Buckeye Platter (2 min), 10th Mountain Chair (2 min), 10th Mountain (2 min).

See Way Back on the 3D mapAll runs at Ski Cooper
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.