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Heater Canyon at Mount Hood Meadows

Advanced · 770 m long with 69 m of vertical, averaging 5° and 8° at its steepest, facing SE.

8°steepest 50 m
5°average pitch
770 mlength
69 mvertical
1671 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Heater Canyon is south-east-facing: sun from mid-morning, softens early in spring.

How to get to Heater Canyon

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

From the base area (about 20 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 Pluto (expert)
  7. Ski Heather Canyon (expert)
  8. Ski Heater Canyon (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Heather Lift Line. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Heather (1 min).

See Heater Canyon 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.