Upper Drifter at Stratton Mountain Resort
Intermediate · 486 m long with 115 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 18° at its steepest, facing N.
18°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
486 mlength
115 mvertical
1075 mtop elevation
Nfaces
Snow and sun
Upper Drifter is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Upper Drifter
Lifts that reach the top: Snow Bowl Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Summit Gondola (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Shooting Star (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Ursa Express (skiing expert terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 8 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Sunrise Express
- Ski Lower Middlebrook (easy)
- Ride Shooting Star
- Ski Janeway Jct. (intermediate)
- Ski Get My Drift (intermediate)
- Ski Upper Drifter (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Interstate, Lower Drifter. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Snow Bowl Express (2 min), American Express (4 min), Ursa Express (5 min).
See Upper Drifter on the 3D mapAll runs at Stratton Mountain ResortMeasured 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.