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Rock Garden at Mount Hood Meadows

Advanced · 202 m long with 76 m of vertical, averaging 21° and 34° at its steepest, facing NE.

34°steepest 50 m
21°average pitch
202 mlength
76 mvertical
1881 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Rock Garden is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Rock Garden

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

From the base area (about 20 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 Rock Garden (advanced)

Where it ends

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

See Rock Garden 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.