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Fred's Cutoff at Sandia Peak Ski Area

Easy · 171 m long with 22 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 15° at its steepest, facing NE.

15°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
171 mlength
22 mvertical
2889 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Fred's Cutoff is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Fred's Cutoff

Lifts that reach the top: Chairlift #3 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway (skiing easy terrain to get there); Chairlift #2 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 22 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sandia Peak Aerial Tramway
  2. Ski Upper Upper Ramp (easy)
  3. Ski Upper Ramp (easy)
  4. Ski Fred's Run Upper (easy)
  5. Ski Fred's Run Lower (easy)
  6. Ski Fred's Cutoff (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Inhibition, Inhibition Canyon. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Chairlift #3 (4 min), Chairlift #4 (4 min).

See Fred's Cutoff on the 3D mapAll runs at Sandia Peak 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.