Snow 1st Cutoff at Castle Mountain Resort
Intermediate · 65 m long with 28 m of vertical, averaging 24° and 26° at its steepest, facing E.
26°steepest 50 m
24°average pitch
65 mlength
28 mvertical
1774 mtop elevation
Efaces
Snow and sun
1st Cutoff is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.
Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.
How to get to 1st Cutoff
Lifts that reach the top: T-Rex T-Bar (skiing easy terrain to get there); Proposed North Bowl Lift (skiing easy terrain to get there); proposed G T-bar (skiing easy terrain to get there); Tamarack Chair (skiing easy terrain to get there); Sundance Triple Chair (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 13 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Proposed North Bowl Lift
- Ski Skyline Traverse (easy)
- Ski Syline Traverse
- Ski North Run (easy)
- Ski 1st Cutoff (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins North Run. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Proposed North Bowl Lift (3 min), Green Chair (3 min), Buckaroo Carpet (4 min).
See 1st Cutoff on the 3D mapAll runs at Castle Mountain ResortMeasured 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.