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Ben Blakley at Swain Ski & Snowboard Resort

Intermediate · 301 m long with 52 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 18° at its steepest, facing N.

18°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
301 mlength
52 mvertical
528 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Ben Blakley

Lifts that reach the top: Quad 3 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Double Chair (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Quad 1 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 4 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Quad 1
  2. Ski unnamed connector
  3. Ski Upper Mile Sweep (easy)
  4. Ski unnamed connector
  5. Ski Dozey Doe (intermediate)
  6. Ski Ben Blakley (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins 80 Acres. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Quad 3 (2 min), Double Chair (2 min).

See Ben Blakley 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.