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Birch Hook at Sugarloaf

Easy · 228 m long with 26 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 10° at its steepest, facing N.

10°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
228 mlength
26 mvertical
927 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Birch Hook

Lifts that reach the top: Timberline (skiing easy terrain to get there); Timberline Replacement (skiing easy terrain to get there); Sugarloaf SuperQuad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Skyline (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Bateau T-Bar (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 12 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sugarloaf SuperQuad
  2. Ski Pinch (intermediate)
  3. Ski Pick Pole (intermediate)
  4. Ski Lower Timberline (easy)
  5. Ski Birch Hook (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Windrow Extension, Horseshoe, Bucksaw X-Cut. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Skyline (4 min), Sugarloaf SuperQuad (6 min), West Mountain (7 min).

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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.