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Lower Elk at Snow King Mountain

Advanced · 475 m long with 160 m of vertical, averaging 19° and 25° at its steepest, facing NW.

25°steepest 50 m
19°average pitch
475 mlength
160 mvertical
2145 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Lower Elk

Lifts that reach the top: Cougar Triple (skiing easy terrain to get there); Summit Gondola (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Surface Tow (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Sunnyside (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Magic Carpet 2 (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Magic Carpet 3 (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Cougar Triple
  2. Ski Slow Trail (easy)
  3. Ski Lower Elk (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Cougar, Holy Land, Old Man's Flats. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Summit Gondola (1 min), Cougar Triple (1 min), King Tubes tow (3 min).

See Lower Elk on the 3D mapAll runs at Snow King Mountain
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.