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Upper Switchback at Stratton Mountain Resort

Advanced · 319 m long with 78 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 20° at its steepest, facing N.

20°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
319 mlength
78 mvertical
968 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Upper Switchback

Lifts that reach the top: Summit Gondola (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Snow Bowl Express (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Shooting Star (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Ursa Express (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Sunrise Express
  2. Ski Lower Middlebrook (easy)
  3. Ride Shooting Star
  4. Ski Upper Standard (advanced)
  5. Ski Upper Switchback (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Interstate, Lower Switchback. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Snow Bowl Express (2 min), American Express (3 min), Ursa Express (4 min).

See Upper Switchback 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.