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Desperado at Fairmont Hot Springs

Advanced · 357 m long with 126 m of vertical, averaging 20° and 28° at its steepest, facing NW.

28°steepest 50 m
20°average pitch
357 mlength
126 mvertical
1412 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Desperado

Lifts that reach the top: Sundance Triple Chair (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 10 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sundance Triple Chair
  2. Ski High Plains Drifter (easy)
  3. Ski Yahoo (advanced)
  4. Ski Desperado (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Yahoo, unnamed advanced trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Happy Trails Platter (1 min), Pony Express Magic Carpet (2 min), Sundance Triple Chair (2 min).

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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.