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Upper Pipeline at Smugglers' Notch

Advanced · 163 m long with 54 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 28° at its steepest, facing N.

28°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
163 mlength
54 mvertical
903 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Upper Pipeline

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

From the base area (about 29 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 Thomke's (intermediate)
  8. Ski Upper Pipeline (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Rumrunner, Black Snake, Chute, Lower Pipeline. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Sterling T-Bar (4 min), Sterling Lift (4 min).

See Upper Pipeline 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.