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Gun Tower at Stevens Pass Ski Area

Advanced · 417 m long with 149 m of vertical, averaging 20° and 35° at its steepest, facing NW.

35°steepest 50 m
20°average pitch
417 mlength
149 mvertical
1540 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Gun Tower 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 Gun Tower

Lifts that reach the top: Tye Mill (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Jupiter Express (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Double Diamond (skiing freeride terrain to get there); Southern Cross (skiing freeride terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 7 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Jupiter Express
  2. Ski Gemini (intermediate)
  3. Ski Rollercoaster (advanced)
  4. Ski Gun Tower (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Crest Trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Tye Mill (1 min), Kehr's Chair (4 min), Daisy (4 min).

See Gun Tower on the 3D mapAll runs at Stevens Pass Ski Area
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.