Fireweed at Mount Hood Meadows
Intermediate · 608 m long with 109 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 16° at its steepest, facing SE.
16°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
608 mlength
109 mvertical
1786 mtop elevation
SEfaces
Snow and sun
Fireweed is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.
Lit for night skiing.
How to get to Fireweed
Lifts that reach the top: Easy Rider (skiing novice terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 47 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Hood River Express
- Ski Lady Finger (intermediate)
- Ski Lady Slipper (intermediate)
- Ski Stadium (intermediate)
- Ride Mount Hood Express
- Ski Chunky Swirly (intermediate)
- Ski Ridge Run (intermediate)
- Ride Cascade Express
- Ski Texas Trails (intermediate)
- Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
- Ski Mitchell Creek (easy)
- Ride Easy Rider
- Ski Fireweed (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Mitchell Creek, Wall Flower. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Easy Rider (1 min), Vista Express (1 min).
See Fireweed on the 3D mapAll runs at Mount Hood MeadowsMeasured 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.