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Sphynx at Wildcat Mountain Ski Area

Advanced · 295 m long with 88 m of vertical, averaging 17° and 21° at its steepest, facing NW.

21°steepest 50 m
17°average pitch
295 mlength
88 mvertical
682 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Sphynx

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 6 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Tomcat Triple
  2. Ski Upper Polecat (easy)
  3. Ski TopCat (easy)
  4. Ski Cat-Track (intermediate)
  5. Ski Middle Lynx (intermediate)
  6. Ski Midway (intermediate)
  7. Ski Cat-Walk (intermediate)
  8. Ski Cougar (intermediate)
  9. Ski Annie's Alley (intermediate)
  10. Ski Sphynx (advanced)

Where it ends

Nearest lifts from the bottom: Wildcat Express Quad (1 min), Tomcat Triple (3 min).

See Sphynx on the 3D mapAll runs at Wildcat Mountain Ski Area
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.