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Tightwire at Sunday River

Advanced · 655 m long with 195 m of vertical, averaging 17° and 21° at its steepest, facing N.

21°steepest 50 m
17°average pitch
655 mlength
195 mvertical
553 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Tightwire

Lifts that reach the top: Gould Acadmey Surface Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Barker 6 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Locke Mountain Triple (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); White Heat Quad (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 5 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Barker 6
  2. Ski Ecstasy (intermediate)
  3. Ski Sunday Punch (intermediate)
  4. Ski Tightwire (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Rocking Chair. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Gould Acadmey Surface Lift (1 min), Locke Mountain Triple (1 min), Barker 6 (2 min).

See Tightwire 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.