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Old Main at Swain Ski & Snowboard Resort

Advanced · 194 m long with 47 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 20° at its steepest, facing NW.

20°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
194 mlength
47 mvertical
452 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Old Main

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

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

  1. Ride Quad 1
  2. Ski unnamed connector
  3. Ski Upper Mile Sweep (easy)
  4. Ski Wheel's Run (advanced)
  5. Ski Pines (advanced)
  6. Ski Old Main (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Shadow Mountain, Wheel's Run. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Double Chair (1 min), Quad 3 (1 min).

See Old Main 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.