Sidewinder at Castle Mountain Resort
Intermediate · 487 m long with 173 m of vertical, averaging 20° and 24° at its steepest, facing E.
24°steepest 50 m
20°average pitch
487 mlength
173 mvertical
1740 mtop elevation
Efaces
Snow and sun
Sidewinder is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.
How to get to Sidewinder
Lifts that reach the top: Huckleberry Triple Chair (skiing novice terrain to get there); unnamed chair lift (skiing novice terrain to get there); Stagecoach Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 7 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride unnamed chair lift
- Ski Sidewinder (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins (Sled Access), Round-Up Traverse. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Huckleberry Triple Chair (4 min), T-Rex T-Bar (5 min), Sundance Triple Chair (5 min).
See Sidewinder 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.