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Fools Gold at Swain Ski & Snowboard Resort

Intermediate · 263 m long with 35 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 13° at its steepest, facing NE.

13°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
263 mlength
35 mvertical
544 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Fools Gold

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 Fools Gold (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Last Will, Testament. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Quad 2 (2 min), Quad 1 (2 min), Magic Carpet (2 min).

See Fools Gold 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.