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Dan's Ford at Smugglers' Notch

Intermediate · 322 m long with 89 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 21° at its steepest, facing N.

21°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
322 mlength
89 mvertical
768 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Dan's Ford is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Dan's Ford

Lifts that reach the top: Madonna 2 Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Madonna 1 Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 12 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Madonna 2 Lift
  2. Ski Father Bob's (intermediate)
  3. Ski Goat Path (intermediate)
  4. Ski Dan's Ford (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Chilcoot. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Madonna 2 Lift (3 min), Madonna 1 Lift (4 min).

See Dan's Ford on the 3D mapAll runs at Smugglers' Notch
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.