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Airplane at Red River Ski Area

Advanced · 145 m long with 63 m of vertical, averaging 23° and 30° at its steepest, facing N.

30°steepest 50 m
23°average pitch
145 mlength
63 mvertical
2794 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Airplane

Lifts that reach the top: Platinum Chair (skiing easy terrain to get there); Silver Chair (skiing easy terrain to get there); Copper Chair (skiing easy terrain to get there); Emerald Chair (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 15 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Copper Chair
  2. Ski Moon Shadow (easy)
  3. Ski Cowpokes Cruise (easy)
  4. Ski Lariat (easy)
  5. Ski Airplane (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Lariat, Landing Strip. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Gold Chair (1 min), Little Blue (2 min), Platinum Chair (3 min).

See Airplane on the 3D mapAll runs at Red River Ski Area
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.