French Connection at Dollar Mountain
Easy · 905 m long with 106 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 9° at its steepest, facing NW.
9°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
905 mlength
106 mvertical
2114 mtop elevation
NWfaces
Snow and sun
French Connection is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to French Connection
Lifts that reach the top: Frenchman's (skiing easy terrain to get there); Flying Squirrel (skiing easy terrain to get there); Christmas (skiing easy terrain to get there); Lookout Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); Challenger (skiing easy terrain to get there); Mayday (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 13 minutes, easy skiing needed):
- Ride Flying Squirrel
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski Upper College (easy)
- Ski Lower College (easy)
- Ski French Connection (easy)
Where it ends
Joins Undergraduate, Lower French Dip. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Frenchman's (1 min).
See French Connection on the 3D mapAll runs at Dollar MountainMeasured 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.