Cataloochee Ski Area

United States

Piste map

530 ft
Lifts

Runs and lifts from OpenStreetMap as of 28 September 2026. Select a run or a lift to see its figures.

Summit
5,194 ft1,583 m
Base
4,469 ft1,362 m
Vertical
725 ft221 m
Named runs
17
Length of named runs
2.6 mi
Lifts
5

Runs by difficulty

  • Green 7 41% · 0.7 mi
  • Blue 8 47% · 1.7 mi
  • Black 2 12% · 0.3 mi

Longest run

2,490 ft

The Meadows

Steepest run

36%

Upper Omigosh

Steepest 100 m: 40%

Biggest drop

522 ft

The Meadows

The named runs add up to 2.6 mi.

Every named run

The named runs of Cataloochee Ski Area, with their length, drop and gradients
Profile
Alley Cat710 ft200 ft29%35%
Beginner's Luck190 ft13 ft
Easy Way600 ft56 ft10%10%
Lower Omigosh1,070 ft174 ft16%22%
Lower Snowbird1,310 ft213 ft16%19%
Over Easy1,030 ft118 ft11%19%
Rabbit Hill520 ft75 ft14%18%
Richard's Run630 ft102 ft16%22%
Rock Island Run870 ft213 ft25%29%
Short N Sweet520 ft105 ft20%23%
The Meadows2,490 ft522 ft21%35%
Turkey Trot470 ft52 ft11%12%
Upper Omigosh750 ft272 ft36%40%
Upper Snowbird1,430 ft246 ft17%23%
Upper Turkey Trot570 ft69 ft12%13%
Wild Cat Glade460 ft85 ft19%23%
Wolf Creek Hollow260 ft16 ft

Drop and gradients are read from a terrain model every 20 m along each run. Steepest is the steepest 100 m of a run. Runs shorter than 100 m have no gradient, and ~ marks a length estimated past a piece of the run mapped the other way.

Lifts

  • 3Chairlifts
  • 2Magic carpets
Length of all lifts
1.1 mi
Rise of all lifts together
1,352 ft
The lifts of Cataloochee Ski Area
Beginner's LuckMagic carpet110 ft13 ft
Easy WayChairlift1,040 ft125 ft3
OmigoshChairlift2,710 ft719 ft4
Rock Island LineChairlift2,020 ft482 ft4
Wolf Creek HollowMagic carpet140 ft13 ft

Seats and ride times only where OpenStreetMap records them. Rise is the height between the stations, from a terrain model.

Weather

Summit, 5,194 ft

Base, 4,469 ft

Forecast by MET Norway for the heights of the summit and the base, for the next two days. Times are in your time zone.

Ski resorts nearby

20 mi40 mi 123
Cataloochee Ski Area beside the ski resorts nearest to it
Cataloochee Ski Area725 ft5,194 ft172.6 mi5
1Ober Mountain27.4 mi558 ft3,205 ft101.6 mi9
2Sapphire Valley Ski Resort30.2 mi135 ft3,297 ft
3Hatley Pointe42.4 mi640 ft4,587 ft243.1 mi4

Distances in a straight line. A dot stands where a figure is not mapped yet.

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