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Polar Queen at Telluride Ski Area

Intermediate · 1552 m long with 280 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 20° at its steepest, facing NW.

20°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
1552 mlength
280 mvertical
3410 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Polar Queen

Lifts that reach the top: Polar Queen Express (skiing novice terrain to get there); Plunge Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Apex Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Gold Hill Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Revelation Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 12 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Chondola
  2. Ski Meadows (easy)
  3. Ski Lower Boomerang (easy)
  4. Ride Village Express
  5. Ski Boomerang (intermediate)
  6. Ski Sheridan Headwall (intermediate)
  7. Ski Cake Walk (intermediate)
  8. Ride Polar Queen Express
  9. Ski Polar Queen (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Dew Drop, Cake Walk. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Polar Queen Express (1 min), Comp Hill (5 min), unnamed funicular (5 min).

See Polar Queen on the 3D mapAll runs at Telluride Ski Area
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.