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Upper Mile Sweep at Swain Ski & Snowboard Resort

Easy · 1124 m long with 104 m of vertical, averaging 5° and 10° at its steepest, facing NE.

10°steepest 50 m
average pitch
1124 mlength
104 mvertical
568 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Upper Mile Sweep is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Upper Mile Sweep

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

From the base area (about 2 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Quad 1
  2. Ski Upper Mile Sweep (easy)

Where it ends

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

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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.