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Pipeline Escape at Smugglers' Notch

Advanced · 576 m long with 148 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 26° at its steepest, facing N.

26°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
576 mlength
148 mvertical
800 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Pipeline Escape

Lifts that reach the top: Sterling Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 30 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Madonna 2 Lift
  2. Ski Father Bob's (intermediate)
  3. Ski Mulcahy's Link (intermediate)
  4. Ski Link (intermediate)
  5. Ride Sterling Lift
  6. Ski Rumrunner (intermediate)
  7. Ski Lower Pipeline (intermediate)
  8. Ski Pipeline Escape (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Practice Slope, Full Nelson, Black Snake. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Sterling T-Bar (2 min), Sterling Lift (2 min).

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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.