Snow Ricochet at Castle Mountain Resort
Advanced · 385 m long with 220 m of vertical, averaging 30° and 33° at its steepest, facing E.
33°steepest 50 m
30°average pitch
385 mlength
220 mvertical
1796 mtop elevation
Efaces
Snow and sun
Ricochet is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.
How to get to Ricochet
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, advanced skiing needed):
- Ride Proposed North Bowl Lift
- Ski Skyline Traverse (easy)
- Ski Syline Traverse
- Ski North Run (easy)
- Ski Ricochet (advanced)
Where it ends
Joins Shotgun, Lockey's Getaway, Shotgun Lower. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Green Chair (2 min), Buckaroo Carpet (2 min), Sundance Triple Chair (3 min).
See Ricochet 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.