Lower-Catenary at Wildcat Mountain Ski Area
Advanced · 136 m long with 39 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 24° at its steepest, facing NW.
24°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
136 mlength
39 mvertical
633 mtop elevation
NWfaces
Snow and sun
Lower-Catenary is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Lower-Catenary
Lifts that reach the top: Tomcat Triple (skiing easy terrain to get there); Wildcat Express Quad (skiing easy terrain to get there); Bobcat Triple (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 11 minutes, advanced skiing needed):
- Ride Tomcat Triple
- Ski TopCat (easy)
- Ski Middle Polecat (easy)
- Ski Lower-Polecat (easy)
- Ski Lower-Catenary (advanced)
Where it ends
Joins Lower-Polecat. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Tomcat Triple (1 min), Wildcat Express Quad (1 min).
See Lower-Catenary 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.