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French Connection at Dollar Mountain

Easy · 905 m long with 106 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 9° at its steepest, facing NW.

steepest 50 m
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):

  1. Ride Flying Squirrel
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Upper College (easy)
  4. Ski Lower College (easy)
  5. 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 Mountain
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.