Snow Q-tip at Castle Mountain Resort
Advanced · 135 m long with 55 m of vertical, averaging 22° and 29° at its steepest, facing E.
29°steepest 50 m
22°average pitch
135 mlength
55 mvertical
1763 mtop elevation
Efaces
Snow and sun
Q-tip is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.
Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.
How to get to Q-tip
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 14 minutes, advanced skiing needed):
- Ride Proposed North Bowl Lift
- Ski Skyline Traverse (easy)
- Ski Syline Traverse
- Ski North Run (easy)
- Ski Q-tip (advanced)
Where it ends
Joins The Q, North Run, Duke. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Proposed North Bowl Lift (2 min), Green Chair (3 min), Buckaroo Carpet (3 min).
See Q-tip 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.