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Cats Tail at Snow King Mountain

Easy · 176 m long with 40 m of vertical, averaging 13° and 17° at its steepest, facing N.

17°steepest 50 m
13°average pitch
176 mlength
40 mvertical
2017 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Cats Tail

Lifts that reach the top: Rafferty Chairlift (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Cougar Triple (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Summit Gondola (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Surface Tow (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Sunnyside (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Magic Carpet 3 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 5 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Cougar Triple
  2. Ski Slow Trail (easy)
  3. Ski Towers (intermediate)
  4. Ski Slow Trail (easy)
  5. Ski Cats (intermediate)
  6. Ski Cats Tail (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Cats. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Rafferty Chairlift (1 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.