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Blowdown at Alpental

Advanced · 999 m long with 213 m of vertical, averaging 17° and 27° at its steepest, facing NE.

27°steepest 50 m
17°average pitch
999 mlength
213 mvertical
1091 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Blowdown

Lifts that reach the top: Rampart (skiing easy terrain to get there); East Peak (skiing easy terrain to get there); Hidden Valley (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Silver Fir (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 12 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride East Peak
  2. Ski unnamed connector
  3. Ski Milwaukee Ridge, Snow Train (easy)
  4. Ski Milwaukee Ridge (easy)
  5. Ski Milwaukee Ridge, Snow Train (easy)
  6. Ski Milwaukee Ridge (easy)
  7. Ski Milwaukee Ridge, Snow Train (easy)
  8. Ski Mount Catherine Loop, Creek Run (easy)
  9. Ski Creek Run (easy)
  10. Ski Mount Catherine Loop, Creek Run (easy)
  11. Ski Blowdown (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Mount Catherine Loop, Creek Run, Sarrah's Run, unnamed easy trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Rampart (1 min), East Peak (3 min).

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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.