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Bandit's Pass at Swain Ski & Snowboard Resort

Intermediate · 168 m long with 11 m of vertical, averaging 4° and 6° at its steepest, facing NE.

6°steepest 50 m
4°average pitch
168 mlength
11 mvertical
511 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Bandit's Pass is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Bandit's Pass

Lifts that reach the top: Quad 1 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Double Chair (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 3 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Quad 1
  2. Ski unnamed connector
  3. Ski The Pass (intermediate)
  4. Ski Upper Maverick (intermediate)
  5. Ski Bandit's Pass (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Twister. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Quad 2 (2 min), Quad 1 (2 min), Magic Carpet (2 min).

See Bandit's Pass on the 3D mapAll runs at Swain Ski & Snowboard Resort
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.