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Motherlode at Angel Fire Resort

Intermediate · 951 m long with 173 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 20° at its steepest, facing NW.

20°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
951 mlength
173 mvertical
3109 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Motherlode

Lifts that reach the top: Southwest Flyer (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Chile Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Liberation Park (#3) (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Rakes Rider (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Chile Express
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Highway (easy)
  4. Ski Arriba (intermediate)
  5. Ski Motherlode (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Hallelujah, Angel's Plunge. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Southwest Flyer (1 min), Rakes Rider (1 min).

See Motherlode on the 3D mapAll runs at Angel Fire Resort
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.