Cutoff at Alpental
Easy · 249 m long with 49 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 14° at its steepest, facing NE.
14°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
249 mlength
49 mvertical
1032 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Cutoff is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Cutoff
Lifts that reach the top: Rampart (skiing easy terrain to get there); East Peak (skiing easy terrain to get there); Hidden Valley (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 10 minutes, easy skiing needed):
- Ride East Peak
- Ski unnamed connector
- Ski Milwaukee Ridge, Snow Train (easy)
- Ski Milwaukee Ridge (easy)
- Ski Milwaukee Ridge, Snow Train (easy)
- Ski Milwaukee Ridge (easy)
- Ski Milwaukee Ridge, Snow Train (easy)
- Ski Mount Catherine Loop, Creek Run (easy)
- Ski Creek Run (easy)
- Ski Mount Catherine Loop, Creek Run (easy)
- Ski Cutoff (easy)
Where it ends
Joins Mount Catherine Loop, Creek Run. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Rampart (2 min), Silver Fir (4 min), East Peak (4 min).
See Cutoff on the 3D mapAll runs at AlpentalMeasured 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.