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Smugglers Notch ski runs

79 named runs · about 28 miles of skiing · 1,120 to 3,650 ft

Green 15% (4.0 mi)Blue 60% (16.6 mi)Black 18% (5.0 mi)Double black 7% (1.9 mi)

Share of the mountain by length of run, not number of trails, measured from the mapped runs.

Steepest

  1. The Black Hole 44°
  2. Upper Liftline 43°
  3. Shakedown 42°
  4. Freefall 40°
  5. Bootlegger 36°

Longest

  1. Drifter 7,900 ft
  2. Meadowlark 6,400 ft
  3. Ruthie's 5,200 ft
  4. Midway 5,100 ft
  5. Upper Chilcoot 4,900 ft

Holds snow best

  1. Freefall 35% sun
  2. Upper Upper FIS Cut-In 35% sun
  3. The Black Hole 36% sun
  4. Upper Upper FIS 37% sun
  5. Chute 38% sun

Longest greens

  1. Meadowlark 6,400 ft
  2. Howie's Wanderer 2,900 ft
  3. Lower Morse Liftline 2,000 ft
  4. Log Jam 2,000 ft
  5. Sam's Run 1,900 ft

Every run on the mountain

Hover a run for its name. The thicker runs have their own pages; tap one to open it.

All 79 runs

RunRatingVerticalLength SteepestAvg pitchFacesHolds snow
The Black Hole Double black 808 ft 1,771 ft 44° 28° N Excellent
Upper Liftline Double black 1,596 ft 4,430 ft 43° 22° N Excellent
Shakedown Black 777 ft 2,519 ft 42° 19° W Below average
Freefall Double black 641 ft 1,377 ft 40° 28° N Excellent
Bootlegger Black 422 ft 1,083 ft 36° 23° N Excellent
Deer Run Glades Black 187 ft 426 ft 36° 27° NE Excellent
Pirate's Plank Black 313 ft 790 ft 36° 24° NE Excellent
Robin's Run Double black 694 ft 2,842 ft 35° 15° NW Good
Upper Upper FIS Double black 267 ft 577 ft 35° 28° N Excellent
Upper Upper FIS Cut-In Double black 52 ft 296 ft 34° 11° N Excellent
Full Nelson Black 518 ft 1,527 ft 33° 20° NE Excellent
Midway Blue 596 ft 5,128 ft 33° 7° W Below average
Snake Bite Black 353 ft 1,022 ft 32° 21° NE Excellent
Doc Dempsey's Glades Black 618 ft 1,681 ft 32° 22° N Excellent
Upper Pipeline Black 177 ft 572 ft 32° 19° N Excellent
Hangman's Blue 325 ft 1,219 ft 32° 16° NE Good
Upper F.I.S. Black 1,050 ft 2,975 ft 32° 21° N Excellent
Hangman's Drop Black 86 ft 263 ft 32° 20° N Excellent
Black Bear Black 414 ft 1,346 ft 32° 18° NE Excellent
Powder Keg Black 359 ft 1,080 ft 31° 20° NE Excellent
The Shire Blue 234 ft 869 ft 31° 16° NW Average
Jolly Rodger Blue 198 ft 757 ft 31° 16° NE Good
Shuttle Black 468 ft 2,291 ft 30° 12° NW Good
Upper Exhibition Black 860 ft 3,258 ft 30° 16° NE Excellent
Pipeline Escape Black 490 ft 1,975 ft 30° 15° NE Excellent
Three Mountain Glades Blue 247 ft 860 ft 30° 17° N Excellent
Father Bob's Blue 454 ft 1,437 ft 30° 19° NW Good
Highlander Glades Blue 234 ft 782 ft 29° 18° NE Excellent
Smugglers' Alley Black 442 ft 1,399 ft 28° 19° N Excellent
Bermuda Blue 713 ft 3,561 ft 28° 12° W Poor
Black Snake Blue 791 ft 3,782 ft 28° 12° N Good
Moonshiner's Glades Blue 273 ft 930 ft 28° 17° N Excellent
Harvey's Hideaway Blue 257 ft 932 ft 28° 16° NE Excellent
Sherwood Forest Blue 359 ft 1,196 ft 27° 18° N Excellent
Chute Black 77 ft 285 ft 26° 16° N Excellent
Poacher's Woods Blue 290 ft 1,068 ft 26° 17° N Excellent
Practice Slope Blue 497 ft 2,118 ft 26° 14° N Excellent
Gary B's Northwest Passage Black 299 ft 1,237 ft 26° 14° NW Average
Upper Morse Liftline Black 471 ft 1,656 ft 26° 17° NW Good
Thomke's Express Blue 183 ft 483 ft 25° 22° N Excellent
Norwegian Woods Blue 313 ft 1,108 ft 25° 17° N Excellent
Waterfall Blue 391 ft 1,380 ft 25° 17° NW Good
Dan's Ford Blue 289 ft 1,093 ft 25° 15° N Excellent
Drifter Blue 1,353 ft 7,854 ft 25° 10° NW Average
Lower Chilcoot Blue 930 ft 4,257 ft 24° 13° NW Good
Birch Run Blue 368 ft 1,875 ft 24° 12° N Good
McPherson's Blue 372 ft 1,261 ft 24° 17° NW Excellent
Knight's Revenge Blue 423 ft 1,742 ft 23° 14° NW Good
Lower F.I.S. Blue 526 ft 2,136 ft 23° 14° NW Good
Snow Snake Blue 563 ft 2,394 ft 23° 14° W Below average
Evaporator Blue 358 ft 1,648 ft 23° 13° NW Good
Ruthie's Blue 897 ft 5,249 ft 23° 10° NW Average
Lower Liftline Blue 333 ft 1,333 ft 22° 15° NW Good
Red Fox Glades Blue 79 ft 360 ft 22° 13° N Excellent
Meadowlark Green 476 ft 6,355 ft 22° 5° W Below average
Treasure Run Blue 839 ft 3,918 ft 21° 13° NE Good
Playground Blue 294 ft 1,195 ft 21° 14° NW Good
Mulcahy's Link Blue 577 ft 3,070 ft 21° 11° NW Good
The Zone Blue 304 ft 1,395 ft 21° 13° N Excellent
Upper Chilcoot Blue 882 ft 4,936 ft 21° 10° N Average
Lower Rumrunner Blue 882 ft 4,588 ft 21° 11° NW Good
Link Blue 546 ft 2,559 ft 21° 12° NW Good
Lower Pipeline Blue 157 ft 697 ft 21° 13° N Excellent
Rumrunner Variation Blue 185 ft 1,115 ft 19° 10° NW Average
Rumrunner Blue 459 ft 2,459 ft 18° 11° N Good
Hibernator Green 267 ft 1,303 ft 17° 12° NW Good
Thomke's Blue 313 ft 1,810 ft 17° 10° N Excellent
Sam's Run Green 349 ft 1,931 ft 17° 10° W Below average
Parking Lot 1 Extention Blue 130 ft 898 ft 16° 8° N Good
Log Jam Green 357 ft 1,967 ft 16° 11° N Good
Timberrr! Green 346 ft 1,757 ft 16° 11° NW Good
Lower Exhibition Blue 229 ft 1,140 ft 15° 12° N Good
Curley's Cutback Green 279 ft 1,790 ft 13° 9° NW Average
Lower Morse Liftline Green 328 ft 2,031 ft 13° 9° NW Average
Howie's Wanderer Green 403 ft 2,906 ft 12° 8° W Below average
Upper Rumrunner Blue 18 ft 94 ft 12° 11° NE Good
Link Blue 23 ft 146 ft 11° 9° N Good
Dixie's Knoll Green 120 ft 1,006 ft 11° 7° N Average
Sir Henry's Learning Hill Green 33 ft 363 ft 7° 5° NW Average

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line; "holds snow" ranks each run's winter sun against every run we've measured. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap.