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Avalanche at Blue Mountain

Expert · 303 m long with 101 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 24° at its steepest, facing NE.

24°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
303 mlength
101 mvertical
377 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Avalanche

Lifts that reach the top: Weider Express (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 3 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Weider Express
  2. Ski Hog's Back (advanced)
  3. Ski Spectacular (expert)
  4. Ski Avalanche (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Elevator Shaft. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Weider Express (2 min).

What people say

Tragedy struck the Russian mountaineering community this week after an avalanche swept down Mount Mizhirgi in the Kabardino-Balkaria region of the North Caucasus. m. local time as a group of 33 alpinists was navigating routes through the Bezengi Gorge. Known among Russian climbers as the "Little Himalayas," the area fe…
— 11 Killed in Avalanche in Russia’s Caucasus Mountains
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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.