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Milky Way at Falls Creek Alpine Resort

Intermediate · 553 m long with 140 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 18° at its steepest, facing N.

18°steepest 50 m

14°average pitch

553 mlength

140 mvertical

1690 mtop elevation

Nfaces

Snow and sun

Milky Way is equator-facing: the sunniest aspect, softens earliest and suffers most in warm spells.

How to get to Milky Way

Lifts that reach the top: Monkey Bar (skiing easy terrain to get there); Halley's Comet (skiing easy terrain to get there); Boardwalk (skiing easy terrain to get there); Scott (skiing easy terrain to get there); Eagle Express (skiing easy terrain to get there); Summit (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 8 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

Ride Eagle Express
Ski Day's End (easy)
Ski Milky Way (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Wombat's Ramble, Fast Hoot. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Halley's Comet (1 min).

See Milky Way on the 3D map All 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.