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Milky Way at Suicide Six

Easy · 1735 m long with 92 m of vertical, averaging 6° and 15° at its steepest, facing N.

15°steepest 50 m
average pitch
1735 mlength
92 mvertical
316 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Milky Way

Lifts that reach the top: 1600' Double Chair 2 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Beginners' J-Bar (skiing novice terrain to get there); 2000' Quad Chair 1 (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 0 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ski Milky Way (easy)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed easy trail, Double Dip, Bee Line, Pearson's Path, unnamed trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: 1600' Double Chair 2 (1 min), Beginners' J-Bar (1 min), 2000' Quad Chair 1 (2 min).

See Milky Way on the 3D mapAll runs at Suicide Six
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.