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Mercury at Mount Hood Meadows

Advanced · 497 m long with 153 m of vertical, averaging 17° and 30° at its steepest, facing SE.

30°steepest 50 m
17°average pitch
497 mlength
153 mvertical
1990 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Mercury

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

From the base area (about 30 minutes, advanced 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 North Canyon (intermediate)
  7. Ski Tillicum (intermediate)
  8. Ski Voyager (intermediate)
  9. Ride Shooting Star Express
  10. Ski Nettie's Run (intermediate)
  11. Ski Shooting Star Ridge (intermediate)
  12. Ski Mercury (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins 3D, Nettie's Run, Discovery. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Shooting Star Express (2 min).

See Mercury 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.