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Side Step at Cherry Peak Resort

Intermediate · 316 m long with 87 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 23° at its steepest, facing NE.

23°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
316 mlength
87 mvertical
1919 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Side Step is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Side Step

Lifts that reach the top: Gateway (skiing easy terrain to get there); Vista (skiing easy terrain to get there); Summit (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 3 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Gateway
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Easy Cheezy (easy)
  4. Ski Exito (easy)
  5. Ski Side Step (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Reconsider, Side Step, Reconsider, Downfall, True Blue. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Gateway (1 min).

See Side Step on the 3D mapAll runs at Cherry Peak Resort
Measured 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.