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Lower Ripcord at Sugarbush Resort

Advanced · 574 m long with 169 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 22° at its steepest, facing NE.

22°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
574 mlength
169 mvertical
920 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Lower Ripcord

Lifts that reach the top: Heaven's Gate Quad (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Castlerock Double (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 17 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Gate House Express Quad
  2. Ride North Lynx Triple
  3. Ski Birch Run (intermediate)
  4. Ski Castlerock Connection (intermediate)
  5. Ski Castlerock Runout (intermediate)
  6. Ride Castlerock Double
  7. Ski Castlerock Run (advanced)
  8. Ski Bailout (intermediate)
  9. Ski Lower Ripcord (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Downspout, Heaven's Gate Traverse, Lower Downspout, Bailout, Lower Paradise. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Heaven's Gate Quad (1 min), Castlerock Double (2 min), Super Bravo Express Quad (5 min).

See Lower Ripcord on the 3D mapAll runs at Sugarbush Resort
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.