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Gold Bowl at Mount Hood Meadows

Expert · 357 m long with 207 m of vertical, averaging 30° and 35° at its steepest, facing NE.

35°steepest 50 m
30°average pitch
357 mlength
207 mvertical
2106 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Gold 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 Gold Bowl

Lifts that reach the top: Cascade Express (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 31 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Hood River Express
  2. Ski Lady Finger (intermediate)
  3. Ski Lady Slipper (intermediate)
  4. Ski Stadium (intermediate)
  5. Ride Mount Hood Express
  6. Ski Chunky Swirly (intermediate)
  7. Ski Ridge Run (intermediate)
  8. Ride Cascade Express
  9. Ski Outer Limits (intermediate)
  10. Ski Silver Bowl (expert)
  11. Ski unnamed expert trail (expert)
  12. Ski Gold Bowl (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Highlands, Heather Canyon. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Heather (5 min), Hood River Express (13 min).

See Gold Bowl 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.