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Cataloochee Ski Area ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Cataloochee Ski Area is a ski area in North Carolina, United States with 3.6 km of mapped downhill runs and 5 lifts, between 1,362 m and 1,582 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 3.6 km
- Lifts
- 5
- Top elevation
- 1,582 m
- Vertical drop
- 220 m
- Nearest airport
- AVL · 51 km
Slopes by difficulty
17 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 3 Chairlifts
- 2 Magic carpets
Cataloochee Ski Area is a ski area in North Carolina, the United States. Its 17 mapped downhill runs add up to 3.6 km, which ranks it #347 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 212 m long.
Slopes at Cataloochee Ski Area
About 31% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 57% intermediate and 12% advanced or expert, which makes Cataloochee Ski Area a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 5 lifts: 3 chairlifts, 2 magic carpets. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,362 m up to 1,582 m, a vertical drop of 220 m — typical of a local ski hill.
Getting to Cataloochee Ski Area
The nearest airport is Asheville Regional Airport (AVL), about 51 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 7 min by car; McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) is 86 km away. Nearby ski areas include Ober Mountain (2.5 km), Sapphire Valley Ski Resort (0.5 km), Hatley Pointe (4.8 km) and Sugar Mountain Resort (7.5 km), which together add 21 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Cataloochee Ski Area
- 1 AVL51 kmstraight line
- 2 TYS86 kmstraight line
- 3Greenville-Spartanburg International AirportGSP108 kmstraight lineGreenville/Greer/Spartanburg, United States
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- 4 TRI119 kmstraight line
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.