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Shaft at Tamarack Cross-Country Ski Center

Expert · 416 m long with 240 m of vertical, averaging 30° and 37° at its steepest, facing NE.

37°steepest 50 m
30°average pitch
416 mlength
240 mvertical
3042 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Shaft

Lifts that reach the top: Chair 22 (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 20 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Chair 8
  2. Ski unnamed trail
  3. Ski Hully Gully (intermediate)
  4. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  5. Ski Lower Viva (advanced)
  6. Ride Chair 22
  7. Ski Grizzly (expert)
  8. Ski Shaft (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Follow Me, Lower Shaft. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Chair 22 (2 min), Chair 8 (3 min), Canyon Express (3 min).

See 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.