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Lower Shaft at Tamarack Cross-Country Ski Center

Advanced · 359 m long with 126 m of vertical, averaging 19° and 26° at its steepest, facing NE.

26°steepest 50 m
19°average pitch
359 mlength
126 mvertical
2802 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Lower Shaft

Lifts that reach the top: Roller Coaster Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Canyon Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Chair 22 (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 10 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Canyon Express
  2. Ski unnamed trail
  3. Ski Follow Me (intermediate)
  4. Ski Lower Shaft (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Grizzly. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Chair 22 (1 min), Chair 8 (2 min), Canyon Express (2 min).

See Lower Shaft on the 3D mapAll runs at Tamarack Cross-Country Ski Center
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.