Mt. Shasta Ski Park Announces New Gray Butte Lift
Mt. Shasta is excited to announce the Gray Butte Lift, which has been a long time in the making. The new lift will service much higher elevation, epic terrain, and access to our backcountry area.
What will the Gray Butte Lift add?
- Fixed quad lift
- It opens 88 acres of skiable terrain
- 1154’ vertical rise
- Adds 5 new runs
- This will be our longest lift with 14 towers- a 9.5-minute ride.
- New Longest run a little over 3 miles
- All intermediate terrain
- Base terminal elevation 6400’, top terminal elevation 7500’.
Project Details
The project site is in an unincorporated part of Siskiyou County near the base of Mt. Shasta, approximately six miles north of the community of McCloud. The bulk of the project is occurring on the Ski Park’s undeveloped ownership to the northeast. The project includes the development of a new ski lift and backcountry area.
Mount Shasta Ski Park is a ski resort located in northern California which has winter and summer operations. Winter operations include skiing & snowboarding, tubing, a backcountry cabin program, lessons, rentals, and events. In the summer they offer Scenic Chairlift Rides, Mountain Biking, and Disc Golf. They are located east of Interstate 5 along SR 89 between the city of Mount Shasta and the town of McCloud.
The ski area lies about 6 mi (9.7 km) south of the summit of 14,179 ft (4,322 m) Mount Shasta, the second highest volcano in the Cascade Range behind Mount Rainier. It straddles several small volcanic buttes on the lower southern flanks of the massive stratovolcano, with 3 triple chairlifts running to the top of Coyote Butte- 6,880 ft (2,100 m), Douglas Butte- 6,600 ft (2,000 m), and Marmot Ridge- 6,150 ft (1,870 m). Along with 2 magic carpets, one for tubing and one for learning to ski and snowboard. With a total skiable area of 425 acres and 32 conventional trails. The total skiable vertical is 1,435 ft (437 m), with 20% of the terrain rated beginner, 55% intermediate, and 25% advanced
