Cinch Fork at Castle Mountain Resort
Easy · 1008 m long with 100 m of vertical, averaging 6° and 18° at its steepest, facing NE.
18°steepest 50 m
6°average pitch
1008 mlength
100 mvertical
1730 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Cinch Fork is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Cinch Fork
Lifts that reach the top: Tamarack Chair (skiing expert terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 25 minutes, expert skiing needed):
- Ride Proposed North Bowl Lift
- Ski Chinook Upper
- Ski Syline Traverse
- Ski Bandito (intermediate)
- Ski Syline Traverse
- Ride Tamarack Chair
- Ski Easy Ramp (easy)
- Ski Skyline Traverse (easy)
- Ski Lone Star (expert)
- Ski Clinch Traverse (easy)
- Ski Cinch Fork (easy)
Where it ends
Joins Buffalo Flats. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Huckleberry Triple Chair (4 min), T-Rex T-Bar (4 min), Sundance Triple Chair (5 min).
See Cinch Fork 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.