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Accelerator at Mount Hood Skibowl

Advanced · 490 m long with 173 m of vertical, averaging 19° and 33° at its steepest, facing N.

33°steepest 50 m
19°average pitch
490 mlength
173 mvertical
1471 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

Lit for night skiing.

How to get to Accelerator

Lifts that reach the top: Upper Bowl Chair Lift (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 13 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Lower Bowl Chair Lift
  2. Ski Upper Entrance (intermediate)
  3. Ride Upper Bowl Chair Lift
  4. Ski Skyline (easy)
  5. Ski unnamed advanced trail (advanced)
  6. Ski East Traverse (advanced)
  7. Ski Accelerator (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Calamity, West Wall, Art's Corner, Upper Entrance, Cannonball, Lower Canyon, Oh Shoot. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Upper Bowl Chair Lift (1 min).

See Accelerator on the 3D mapAll runs at Mount Hood Skibowl
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.