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Short Cut at Alpental

Easy · 415 m long with 43 m of vertical, averaging 6° and 17° at its steepest, facing NE.

17°steepest 50 m
average pitch
415 mlength
43 mvertical
988 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Short Cut

Lifts that reach the top: Triple 60 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Central Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 8 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Central Express
  2. Ski unnamed trail
  3. Ski Alpine (intermediate)
  4. Ski Short Cut (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Broadway.

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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.