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1/2 Moon Bowl at Mount Hood Meadows

Expert · 579 m long with 222 m of vertical, averaging 21° and 32° at its steepest, facing NE.

32°steepest 50 m
21°average pitch
579 mlength
222 mvertical
1869 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

1/2 Moon Bowl 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 1/2 Moon Bowl

Lifts that reach the top: Shooting Star Express (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Cascade Express (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 18 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Hood River Express
  2. Ski Titan (advanced)
  3. Ride Shooting Star Express
  4. Ski Nettie's Run (intermediate)
  5. Ski Shooting Star Ridge (intermediate)
  6. Ski Apollo (advanced)
  7. Ski 1/2 Moon Bowl (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Jack's Woods, Heater Canyon, Moon Bowl. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Heather (2 min), Hood River Express (9 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.