Speedwell at Mount Hood Meadows
Easy · 312 m long with 37 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 16° at its steepest, facing NE.
16°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
312 mlength
37 mvertical
1678 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Speedwell is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
Lit for night skiing.
How to get to Speedwell
Lifts that reach the top: Daisy (skiing easy terrain to get there); Blue (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Mount Hood Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Cascade Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 23 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Hood River Express
- Ski Lady Finger (intermediate)
- Ski Lady Slipper (intermediate)
- Ski Stadium (intermediate)
- Ride Mount Hood Express
- Ski Chunky Swirly (intermediate)
- Ski Cascade Skiway (intermediate)
- Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
- Ski Dental Floss (intermediate)
- Ski South Canyon (easy)
- Ski Speedwell (easy)
Where it ends
Joins Whoopee, Waterfall. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Blue (1 min).
See Speedwell on the 3D mapAll runs at Mount Hood MeadowsMeasured 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.