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Hard Luck at Bolton Valley Resort

Advanced · 354 m long with 116 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 27° at its steepest, facing NW.

27°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
354 mlength
116 mvertical
908 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Hard Luck

Lifts that reach the top: Vista Quad (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 20 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Timberline Quad
  2. Ski Upper Villager (easy)
  3. Ski Lower Villager (easy)
  4. Ride Vista Quad
  5. Ski Sherman's Pass (easy)
  6. Ski Hard Luck (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Moose Run, Sherman's Pass. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Mid Mountain (3 min), Wilderness (3 min), Mighty Mite (3 min).

See Hard Luck on the 3D mapAll runs at Bolton Valley 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.