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Switchback at Tenney Mountain Ski and Snowboarding Area

Intermediate · 63 m long with 13 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 12° at its steepest, facing N.

12°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
63 mlength
13 mvertical
610 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Switchback 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 Switchback

Lifts that reach the top: Hornet Double (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 18 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Hornet Double
  2. Ski Morning Glory (intermediate)
  3. Ski Gardner's Gauntlet Glades (intermediate)
  4. Ski Switchback (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Gardner's Gauntlet Glades, Morning Glory, unnamed intermediate trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Hornet Double (3 min), unnamed platter (5 min), Eclipse Triple (5 min).

See Switchback on the 3D mapAll runs at Tenney Mountain Ski and Snowboarding 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.