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Expert's Cutoff at Lutsen Mountains

Advanced · 279 m long with 90 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 27° at its steepest, facing SW.

27°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
279 mlength
90 mvertical
485 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

Expert's Cutoff is south-west-facing: warm afternoon sun, softens and refreezes the most after the sunniest aspect.

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Expert's Cutoff

Lifts that reach the top: Bridge Chair (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Raptor Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Bridge Chair
  2. Ski Bridge Run, Upper Bridge Run (intermediate)
  3. Ski Expert's Cutoff (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Bridge Run, Upper Bridge Run. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Raptor Express (2 min), Bridge Chair (2 min), Caribou Express (4 min).

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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.