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Lower Surprise at Mount Hood Skibowl

Intermediate · 430 m long with 93 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 21° at its steepest, facing E.

21°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
430 mlength
93 mvertical
1345 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

Lower Surprise is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

Lit for night skiing.

How to get to Lower Surprise

Lifts that reach the top: Multorpor (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 6 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Multorpor
  2. Ski Lower Surprise (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Easy Street. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Multorpor (2 min), Handle Tow (2 min), Cascade (3 min).

See Lower Surprise 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.