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Nutcracker at Montana Snowbowl

Intermediate · 283 m long with 91 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 22° at its steepest, facing SW.

22°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
283 mlength
91 mvertical
2228 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

Nutcracker is south-west-facing: warm afternoon sun, softens and refreezes the most after the sunniest aspect.

How to get to Nutcracker

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

From the base area (about 21 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Grizzly Chair
  2. Ski Upper Second Thought (easy)
  3. Ski Point Six Road (easy)
  4. Ski Time Out Cat Walk (easy)
  5. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  6. Ride LaVelle Creek Chair
  7. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  8. Ski White Bark Pine (easy)
  9. Ski Nutcracker (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Hot Fudge, Upper Hot Fudge. Nearest lifts from the bottom: LaVelle Creek Chair (2 min), Snow Park Chair (11 min).

See Nutcracker on the 3D mapAll runs at Montana Snowbowl
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.