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Hobbit Forrest at 49 Degrees North Ski Area

Intermediate · 400 m long with 72 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 12° at its steepest, facing NE.

12°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
400 mlength
72 mvertical
1272 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Hobbit Forrest is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Tree skiing (gladed).

How to get to Hobbit Forrest

Lifts that reach the top: Angel Peak #6 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Grubstake #2 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Sunrise Quad #5 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Northern Spirit Express #1 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Silver Lode #4 (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 16 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Angel Peak #6
  2. Ski Quartzite Ridge (easy)
  3. Ski 4800 Road (easy)
  4. Ski Silver Dollar (easy)
  5. Ski Gold Pan (easy)
  6. Ski Hobbit Forrest (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed novice trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Northern Spirit Express #1 (1 min), Gold Fever #7 (1 min), Grubstake #2 (1 min).

See Hobbit Forrest on the 3D mapAll runs at 49 Degrees North Ski Area
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.