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Black Bess at Solitude Mountain Resort

Advanced · 217 m long with 86 m of vertical, averaging 22° and 29° at its steepest, facing NE.

29°steepest 50 m
22°average pitch
217 mlength
86 mvertical
3010 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Black Bess

Lifts that reach the top: Summit Express (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 8 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Apex Express
  2. Ski Summit Access West (intermediate)
  3. Ride Summit Express
  4. Ski Wood Lawn (advanced)
  5. Ski Black Bess Chutes (expert)
  6. Ski Black Bess (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Wood Lawn. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Honeycomb Return (5 min), Eagle Express (9 min).

See Black Bess on the 3D mapAll runs at Solitude Mountain Resort
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.