Cougar at Lutsen Mountains
Advanced · 481 m long with 115 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 25° at its steepest, facing SE.
25°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
481 mlength
115 mvertical
395 mtop elevation
SEfaces
Snow and sun
Cougar is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.
Grooming: mogul. Moguls.
How to get to Cougar
Lifts that reach the top: Caribou Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Summit Express Gondola (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Timberwolf Chair (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 8 minutes, advanced skiing needed):
- Ride Caribou Express
- Ski Ridgeline (intermediate)
- Ski Moose Glade (intermediate)
- Ski Moose Glade, Moose Return (intermediate)
- Ski Moose Glade (intermediate)
- Ski Cougar (advanced)
Where it ends
Joins Moose Access, Lower Bull Run. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Caribou Express (1 min).
See Cougar on the 3D mapAll runs at Lutsen MountainsMeasured 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.