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Lookout Pass ski runs

49 named runs · about 22 miles of skiing · 4,510 to 6,170 ft

Green 10% (2.2 mi)Blue 54% (12.0 mi)Black 36% (7.9 mi)Double black 0% (0.0 mi)

Share of the mountain by length of run, not number of trails, measured from the mapped runs.

Steepest

  1. Purgatory 33°
  2. Red Dog 32°
  3. Hercules 32°
  4. Niagra 30°
  5. Buffalo Gulch 30°

Longest

  1. Bigfoot Skiway 14,100 ft
  2. Rainbow Ridge 5,700 ft
  3. Huckleberry Ridge 4,800 ft
  4. Quicksilver 4,800 ft
  5. Tamarack 4,700 ft

Holds snow best

  1. Midway 39% sun
  2. Purgatory 40% sun
  3. Big Dipper 41% sun
  4. Hercules 41% sun
  5. Iron Heart 45% sun

Longest greens

  1. Huckleberry Ridge 4,800 ft
  2. Tamarack 4,700 ft
  3. Grub Stake 1,900 ft
  4. Success 500 ft

Every run on the mountain

Hover a run for its name. The thicker runs have their own pages; tap one to open it.

All 49 runs

RunRatingVerticalLength SteepestAvg pitchFacesHolds snow
Purgatory Black 800 ft 1,822 ft 33° 26° N Excellent
Red Dog Blue 718 ft 1,884 ft 32° 23° NW Excellent
Hercules Black 878 ft 2,121 ft 32° 25° N Excellent
Niagra Black 416 ft 1,295 ft 30° 19° NE Average
Buffalo Gulch Black 686 ft 2,133 ft 30° 19° S Poor
Iron Heart Black 277 ft 803 ft 30° 20° N Excellent
Paradise Glades Black 669 ft 2,026 ft 30° 19° NE Excellent
Idaho Face Black 578 ft 1,766 ft 30° 19° NE Good
Whitetail Black 922 ft 3,414 ft 30° 16° S Poor
Montana Face Black 736 ft 2,440 ft 30° 18° NE Average
Sundance Black 1,011 ft 3,334 ft 30° 18° S Poor
Big Dipper Black 893 ft 2,533 ft 29° 21° N Excellent
Interstate Blue 408 ft 1,309 ft 29° 18° NE Good
Badger Black 269 ft 830 ft 28° 19° N Excellent
Coyote Black 729 ft 2,432 ft 28° 18° NE Good
Rubicon Black 781 ft 2,950 ft 27° 15° NE Excellent
Thunderbird Black 1,105 ft 4,209 ft 27° 15° SE Poor
Olympia Blue 520 ft 2,216 ft 26° 14° E Below average
Eldorado Blue 802 ft 3,368 ft 26° 14° NE Good
Keystone Blue 838 ft 3,278 ft 25° 15° SW Poor
Eagle's Flight Blue 474 ft 2,042 ft 25° 14° NE Good
Eagle's Fligh Black 340 ft 1,397 ft 25° 14° E Below average
Last Chance Glades Black 236 ft 781 ft 24° 18° E Below average
Desperado Blue 445 ft 1,803 ft 24° 14° E Below average
Lucky Friday Glades Black 420 ft 1,356 ft 24° 18° SE Poor
Elkhorn Black 729 ft 2,805 ft 23° 15° E Below average
Marmot Blue 687 ft 2,382 ft 23° 17° NW Good
Copper Black 335 ft 1,162 ft 23° 17° E Poor
Bonanza Blue 784 ft 3,551 ft 23° 13° E Below average
Golden Eagle Blue 736 ft 3,279 ft 22° 13° E Below average
Cimarron Blue 521 ft 2,728 ft 22° 11° NE Average
Cloud 9 Blue 764 ft 3,170 ft 21° 14° SW Poor
Midway Blue 143 ft 1,240 ft 20° 7° N Excellent
Silver Blue 378 ft 1,428 ft 20° 16° E Poor
Black BEar Blue 307 ft 1,386 ft 19° 13° N Excellent
Moose Lips Blue 264 ft 1,390 ft 19° 11° E Average
Copper Spur Blue 55 ft 382 ft 19° 9° E Below average
Rocking Thunder Black 246 ft 1,095 ft 19° 13° S Poor
Skadt Blue 160 ft 689 ft 18° 13° N Excellent
Gold Blue 354 ft 1,648 ft 18° 12° E Below average
Quicksilver Blue 460 ft 4,768 ft 18° 6° SE Poor
Rainbow Ridge Blue 982 ft 5,701 ft 17° 10° S Poor
Huckleberry Ridge Green 670 ft 4,800 ft 17° 8° NE Average
Hoot Owl Blue 289 ft 1,204 ft 16° 14° SE Poor
Meadow Black 309 ft 1,585 ft 16° 11° SW Poor
Grub Stake Green 200 ft 1,918 ft 16° 6° E Below average
Tamarack Green 647 ft 4,697 ft 16° 8° SW Poor
Bigfoot Skiway Blue 1,658 ft 14,128 ft 15° 7° E Below average
Success Green 38 ft 462 ft 10° 5° N Average

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line; "holds snow" ranks each run's winter sun against every run we've measured. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap.