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Main Cirque at Homewood Mountain Resort

Expert · 710 m long with 222 m of vertical, averaging 17° and 40° at its steepest, facing NE.

40°steepest 50 m
17°average pitch
710 mlength
222 mvertical
2299 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Main Cirque

Lifts that reach the top: Ellis Chair (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Old Homewood Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 17 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Quail Chair
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ski Overload (easy)
  4. Ski Shortcut (intermediate)
  5. Ski Overload (easy)
  6. Ride Ellis Chair
  7. Ski Noonchester Traverse (intermediate)
  8. Ski Main Cirque (expert)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed intermediate trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Quail Chair (4 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.