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Sluice Box at Red Lodge Mountain Resort

Expert · 580 m long with 273 m of vertical, averaging 25° and 35° at its steepest, facing N.

35°steepest 50 m
25°average pitch
580 mlength
273 mvertical
2772 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Sluice Box

Lifts that reach the top: Cole Creek (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 7 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Triple Chair
  2. Ski Tipi Trail (easy)
  3. Ski North 40 (intermediate)
  4. Ride Cole Creek
  5. Ski Latigo (intermediate)
  6. Ski Hellroaring Traverse (advanced)
  7. Ski Sluice Box (expert)

Where it ends

Joins True Grit. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Cole Creek (2 min), Palisades (5 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.