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Upper Downeaster at Stratton Mountain Resort

Expert · 271 m long with 82 m of vertical, averaging 17° and 26° at its steepest, facing E.

26°steepest 50 m
17°average pitch
271 mlength
82 mvertical
1024 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

Upper Downeaster is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Upper Downeaster

Lifts that reach the top: Ursa Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Shooting Star (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Sunrise Express
  2. Ski Lower Middlebrook (easy)
  3. Ride Shooting Star
  4. Ski Black Bear (intermediate)
  5. Ski Upper Downeaster (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Way Home, Shooter, Sun Bowl Express. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Shooting Star (1 min), Ursa Express (3 min), Sunrise Express (4 min).

See Upper Downeaster on the 3D mapAll runs at Stratton 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.