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Short Cut at Fairmont Hot Springs

Intermediate · 568 m long with 133 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 22° at its steepest, facing W.

22°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
568 mlength
133 mvertical
1368 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Short Cut is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

How to get to Short Cut

Lifts that reach the top: Sundance Triple Chair (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 10 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sundance Triple Chair
  2. Ski High Plains Drifter (easy)
  3. Ski Short Cut (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Yahoo, High Plains Drifter. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Happy Trails Platter (1 min), Pony Express Magic Carpet (1 min).

See Short Cut on the 3D mapAll runs at Fairmont Hot Springs
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.