SkiNC Terrain Explorer / 04

Cataloochee Ski Area.

See the shape of your next ski day. Explore the terrain, feel out the pitch, and follow a run from top to bottom.

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Illustrative winter view of Cataloochee Ski Area, registered to approximate mapped trails and base-area geography
CATALOOCHEE SKI AREAMaggie Valley, North Carolina
SUMMIT5,400 ft · resort published
BASE AREA4,660 ft · resort published

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● Easier■ Intermediate◆ Most difficult◆◆ Experts only↟ Lift cable & chairs

Illustrated winter terrain · approximate mapped trails

Terrain & pitch: NC OneMap · Trails & base: © OpenStreetMap · Snow, trees & buildings: illustrative artworkHow it works · Data & sources / ODbL · Base context data
Explore the lifts 5 listed · 5 mapped

Approximate mapped alignments. A listing does not mean a lift is open. Official lift operations ↗

A better feel for the pitch

Find the steep part before you go.

Explore uses the resort’s green, blue and black difficulty classes. Double diamonds identify experts-only terrain; orange identifies separately classified freestyle terrain. Switch to Steepness to see estimated along-run pitch, from yellow through orange and red. The ribbon and profile use the same ground-elevation estimates.

These values describe the mapped ski line over a 15 m window. They are not official difficulty ratings, groomed-snow measurements or a definitive ranking of the mountain’s steepest runs. Park features are not modeled.

Sources & coverage

Real geography. Clear limits.

Upper Over Easy is listed by the resort but has no confidently matched centerline in this data. CAT Cage follows the resort’s expert classification. Terrain-park features and current lift openings are not modeled.

Profiles use NC OneMap · Haywood County 2025 QL1 DEM with 3.125-foot (about 1 m) grid spacing, bilinearly sampled along approximate OpenStreetMap routes. Pitch is elevation loss divided by horizontal path distance, converted to degrees, across a centered 15 m window. Endpoint windows are shorter; peaks use full windows. Disconnected routes use their longest section for the profile.

Ground data and route locations can be dated or offset. Fine grid spacing does not establish survey accuracy. Illustrated snow, vegetation and architecture are decorative; route widths and chair symbols are for visibility. This is a planning map, not navigation or current conditions. Source review: October 7, 2026.

Official trail identities & ratings ↗ · Official operating report ↗ · NC OneMap elevation ↗

© OpenStreetMap contributors · derived geographic database under ODbL 1.0. Download route data & methods · Base geography.

Explore the trail directory 18 trail entries · 17 mapped routes

18 trail entries

Coverage: 17 mapped trail routes and 5 mapped lifts. Upper Over Easy is listed by the resort but has no confidently matched centerline in this data. CAT Cage follows the resort’s expert classification. Terrain-park features and current lift openings are not modeled.