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Cross Cut at Lutsen Mountains

Intermediate · 593 m long with 36 m of vertical, averaging 4° and 9° at its steepest, facing S.

steepest 50 m
average pitch
593 mlength
36 mvertical
381 mtop elevation
Sfaces

Snow and sun

Cross Cut is equator-facing: the sunniest aspect, softens earliest and suffers most in warm spells.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Cross Cut

Lifts that reach the top: Summit Express Gondola (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Caribou Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Timberwolf Chair (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 8 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Caribou Express
  2. Ski Ridgeline (intermediate)
  3. Ski Upper Bull Run (intermediate)
  4. Ski Cross Cut (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Caribou Curve. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Timberwolf Chair (1 min), Caribou Express (2 min).

See Cross Cut on the 3D mapAll runs at Lutsen Mountains
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.