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Upper Binder at Sugarloaf

Advanced · 994 m long with 199 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 16° at its steepest, facing N.

16°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
994 mlength
199 mvertical
1093 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Upper Binder

Lifts that reach the top: Skyline (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Timberline Replacement (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Timberline (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 20 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Whiffletree SuperQuad
  2. Ski Lombard X-Cut (intermediate)
  3. Ride Skyline
  4. Ski Spillway X-Cut (advanced)
  5. Ski U. Binder (advanced)
  6. Ski Buckskin (intermediate)
  7. Ski Upper Binder (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Bucksaw X-Cut. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Skyline (4 min), Sugarloaf SuperQuad (5 min), Double Runner East (6 min).

See Upper Binder on the 3D mapAll runs at Sugarloaf
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.