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Double Refraction at Sunday River

Easy · 1263 m long with 150 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 14° at its steepest, facing SE.

14°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
1263 mlength
150 mvertical
574 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Double Refraction is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.

How to get to Double Refraction

Lifts that reach the top: Merrill Hill Triple (skiing novice terrain to get there); Merrill Hill II (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 9 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride North Peak Express
  2. Ski Dream Maker (easy)
  3. Ski Ridge Run (easy)
  4. Ride Merrill Hill Triple
  5. Ski Double Refraction (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Second Thoughts, Ridge Run. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Merrill Hill Triple (1 min), North Peak Express (2 min), Middle Sundance Surface Lift (4 min).

See Double Refraction on the 3D mapAll runs at Sunday River
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.