Cougar at Wildcat Mountain Ski Area
Intermediate · 553 m long with 145 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 20° at its steepest, facing NW.
20°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
553 mlength
145 mvertical
812 mtop elevation
NWfaces
Snow and sun
Cougar is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Cougar
Lifts that reach the top: Bobcat Triple (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Tomcat Triple (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Wildcat Express Quad (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 5 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Tomcat Triple
- Ski Upper Polecat (easy)
- Ski TopCat (easy)
- Ski Cat-Track (intermediate)
- Ski Middle Lynx (intermediate)
- Ski Midway (intermediate)
- Ski Cat-Walk (intermediate)
- Ski Cougar (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Catenary. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Tomcat Triple (2 min), Wildcat Express Quad (2 min).
See Cougar on the 3D mapAll runs at Wildcat Mountain Ski AreaMeasured 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.