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Waterfall at Mount Hood Meadows

Advanced · 524 m long with 114 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 27° at its steepest, facing SE.

27°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
524 mlength
114 mvertical
1755 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Waterfall

Lifts that reach the top: 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 21 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 Chunky Swirly (intermediate)
  7. Ski Ridge Run (intermediate)
  8. Ski Beaver Tail (intermediate)
  9. Ski Waterfall (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Speedwell, Whoopee. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Blue (1 min).

What people say

Hiker rescued on Mount Hood. Credit: Clackamas County Search & Rescue, Portland Mountain Rescue, Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office A hiker stranded on Mount Hood was rescued Sunday after becoming disoriented in worsening weather and ending up trapped above a waterfall in the lower Big Zig Zag Canyon. The Clackamas Co…
— Mount Hood Hiker Rescued After Spending The Night Stranded in Snow and Freezing Rain
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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.