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Dark Side at Falls Creek Alpine Resort

Intermediate · 308 m long with 89 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 20° at its steepest, facing S.

20°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
308 mlength
89 mvertical
1733 mtop elevation
Sfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Dark Side

Lifts that reach the top: Boardwalk (skiing easy terrain to get there); Monkey Bar (skiing easy terrain to get there); Mouse Trap (skiing easy terrain to get there); Halley's Comet (skiing easy terrain to get there); Lakeside (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Halley's Comet
  2. Ski unnamed novice trail (novice)
  3. Ski Hi Five (easy)
  4. Ski Dark Side (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Funnel, Lower Denis. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lakeside (1 min), Scott (1 min).

See Dark Side on the 3D mapAll runs at Falls Creek Alpine 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.