Snow Guide
Snow Guide › China Peak › Runs › Avalanche

Avalanche at China Peak

Expert · 356 m long with 153 m of vertical, averaging 23° and 32° at its steepest, facing N.

32°steepest 50 m
23°average pitch
356 mlength
153 mvertical
2313 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Avalanche

Lifts that reach the top: Canyon (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Summit (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Firebowl (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Peak (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 9 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Canyon
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Mainstream (intermediate)
  4. Ski Boomer's (intermediate)
  5. Ski Copout (intermediate)
  6. Ski Avalanche (expert)

Where it ends

Joins The Face, Academy. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Canyon (1 min), Summit (2 min), unnamed magic carpet (2 min).

See Avalanche on the 3D mapAll runs at China Peak
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.