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Runaway Carter at Elk Mountain

Advanced · 184 m long with 70 m of vertical, averaging 21° and 26° at its steepest, facing NW.

26°steepest 50 m
21°average pitch
184 mlength
70 mvertical
3000 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Runaway Carter

Lifts that reach the top: Holly (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Tushar Peaks Surface Lift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Lookout (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 5 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Lookout
  2. Ski Paiute Crossing (intermediate)
  3. Ski Country Road (intermediate)
  4. Ski Runaway Carter (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Country Road. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Holly (2 min), Lookout (2 min), Canyonside (3 min).

See Runaway Carter on the 3D mapAll runs at Elk Mountain
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.