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Short Cut at Angel Fire Resort

Intermediate · 293 m long with 36 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 12° at its steepest, facing NE.

12°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
293 mlength
36 mvertical
3065 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: 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 15 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 Short Cut (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Bear Glade Access, Hallelujah. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Southwest Flyer (2 min), Rakes Rider (3 min).

See Short Cut 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.