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Upper Ptarmigan at Cascade Mountain

Easy · 186 m long with 23 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 8° at its steepest, facing N.

8°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
186 mlength
23 mvertical
364 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Upper Ptarmigan

Lifts that reach the top: Mountain Top Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); unnamed rope tow (skiing easy terrain to get there); JL2 (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 3 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Mountain Top Express
  2. Ski Badger's Pass (easy)
  3. Ski Upper Ptarmigan (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Ptarmigan, Bi-Way. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Manitou (1 min), Mountain Top Express (2 min), Magic Carpet (2 min).

See Upper Ptarmigan on the 3D mapAll runs at Cascade Mountain
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.