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Columbia at Mount Hood Meadows

Advanced · 533 m long with 132 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 27° at its steepest, facing E.

27°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
533 mlength
132 mvertical
1854 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

Columbia is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

How to get to Columbia

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, advanced 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 Columbia (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Apollo. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Shooting Star Express (1 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.