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Black Forest at Swain Ski & Snowboard Resort

Easy · 261 m long with 38 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 10° at its steepest, facing NE.

10°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
261 mlength
38 mvertical
523 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Black Forest

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

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

  1. Ride Quad 1
  2. Ski unnamed connector
  3. Ski Upper Mile Sweep (easy)
  4. Ski Black Forest (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Upper Mile Sweep. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Quad 3 (2 min), Double Chair (2 min).

See Black Forest 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.