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JD's at Mount Hood Meadows

Expert · 153 m long with 91 m of vertical, averaging 31° and 35° at its steepest, facing N.

35°steepest 50 m
31°average pitch
153 mlength
91 mvertical
1709 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

JD's 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 JD's

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 11 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 JD's (expert)

Where it ends

Joins The Toilet Bowl, Heather Lift Line. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Heather (1 min).

See JD's 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.