Snow Switchback at Sugar Mountain Resort
Intermediate · 1328 m long with 68 m of vertical, averaging 6° and 15° at its steepest, facing SE.
15°steepest 50 m
6°average pitch
1328 mlength
68 mvertical
1528 mtop elevation
SEfaces
Snow and sun
Switchback is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.
How to get to Switchback
Lifts that reach the top: GW Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Summit Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 8 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride GW Lift
- Ski Northridge (intermediate)
- Ski Switchback (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Load Off, Whoopdedoo, Upper Flying Mile, Northridge, Gunther's Way, Sugar Slalom. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Oma's Express (2 min), Handle Tow (2 min), GW Lift (2 min).
See Switchback on the 3D mapAll runs at Sugar 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.