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Buckin Chute at Red Lodge Mountain Resort

Expert · 401 m long with 82 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 19° at its steepest, facing NW.

19°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
401 mlength
82 mvertical
2509 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

Buckin Chute is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: backcountry. Tree skiing (gladed). Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Buckin Chute

Lifts that reach the top: Triple Chair (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Grizzly Peak (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Triple Chair
  2. Ski Tipi Trail (easy)
  3. Ski North 40 (intermediate)
  4. Ski Buckin Chute (expert)

Where it ends

Joins North 40, Meeteetse Trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Cole Creek (1 min), Palisades (3 min).

See Buckin Chute on the 3D mapAll runs at Red Lodge Mountain Resort
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.