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Ripcord at Angel Fire Resort

Intermediate · 319 m long with 51 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 16° at its steepest, facing N.

16°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
319 mlength
51 mvertical
3103 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Ripcord

Lifts that reach the top: Southwest Flyer (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Chile Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Liberation Park (#3) (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Rakes Rider (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 14 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Chile Express
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Highway (easy)
  4. Ski Hully Gully (intermediate)
  5. Ski Ripcord (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Johnny's Run. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Southwest Flyer (2 min), Rakes Rider (3 min).

See Ripcord on the 3D mapAll runs at Angel Fire Resort
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.