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FBW at Mount Hood Meadows

Expert · 208 m long with 112 m of vertical, averaging 28° and 42° at its steepest, facing E.

42°steepest 50 m
28°average pitch
208 mlength
112 mvertical
1651 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to FBW

Lifts that reach the top: Hood River Express (skiing expert terrain to get there); Stadium Express (skiing expert terrain to get there); Shooting Star Express (skiing expert terrain to get there); Heather (skiing expert terrain to get there); Mount Hood Express (skiing expert terrain to get there); Blue (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 12 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Hood River Express
  2. Ski Titan (advanced)
  3. Ski Private Reserve (expert)
  4. Ski Ho Chi Minh (expert)
  5. Ski S&R Cliffs (expert)
  6. Ski The Curtains (expert)
  7. Ski FBW (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Heather Canyon Trail, Heather Canyon Runout. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Hood River Express (7 min).

See FBW on the 3D mapAll runs at Mount Hood Meadows
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.