High Rustler at Castle Mountain Resort
Expert · 924 m long with 369 m of vertical, averaging 31° and 38° at its steepest, facing SE.
38°steepest 50 m
31°average pitch
924 mlength
369 mvertical
2155 mtop elevation
SEfaces
Snow and sun
High Rustler is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.
Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.
How to get to High Rustler
Lifts that reach the top: Tamarack Chair (skiing easy terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 25 minutes, expert skiing needed):
- Ride Proposed North Bowl Lift
- Ski Skyline Traverse (easy)
- Ski Syline Traverse
- Ride Tamarack Chair
- Ski Easy Ramp (easy)
- Ski Skyline Traverse (easy)
- Ski High Rustler (expert)
Where it ends
Joins Clinch Traverse. Nearest lifts from the bottom: T-Rex T-Bar (7 min), Huckleberry Triple Chair (7 min), Sundance Triple Chair (8 min).
See High Rustler 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.