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West Ridge at Montana Snowbowl

Advanced · 1103 m long with 549 m of vertical, averaging 26° and 32° at its steepest, facing S.

32°steepest 50 m
26°average pitch
1103 mlength
549 mvertical
2280 mtop elevation
Sfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to West Ridge

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

From the base area (about 19 minutes, advanced 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 West Ridge (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Chicken Chute, Il Cesso, Bowl Out Run. Nearest lifts from the bottom: unnamed rope tow (3 min), Grizzly Chair (3 min), Sunrise (4 min).

See West Ridge 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.