Staircase at Tamarack Resort
Advanced · 549 m long with 187 m of vertical, averaging 19° and 32° at its steepest, facing E.
32°steepest 50 m
19°average pitch
549 mlength
187 mvertical
1894 mtop elevation
Efaces
Snow and sun
Staircase is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.
Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.
How to get to Staircase
Lifts that reach the top: Tamarack Express (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Wildwood Express (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Summit Express (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Overlook Express (Proposed) (skiing advanced terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 4 minutes, advanced skiing needed):
- Ride Tamarack Express
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
- Ski Rumba (intermediate)
- Ski Vista (advanced)
- Ski Staircase (advanced)
Where it ends
Joins Blaze, unnamed advanced trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Tamarack Express (4 min), Discovery Chair (4 min), Mutton Buster (4 min).
See Staircase on the 3D mapAll runs at Tamarack ResortMeasured 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.