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Lower Cutoff at Mount Hood Skibowl

Advanced · 181 m long with 51 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 25° at its steepest, facing NW.

25°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
181 mlength
51 mvertical
1407 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Lower Cutoff

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 Bob Strand's Downhill (advanced)
  6. Ski Upper Cutoff (advanced)
  7. Ski Lower Cutoff (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Gunsight Notch, Fistful Of Willows. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lower Bowl Chair Lift (4 min), West Rope Tow (5 min).

See Lower Cutoff 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.