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Big Hawk Ridge at Mount Kato

Intermediate · 1306 m long with 61 m of vertical, averaging 5° and 14° at its steepest, facing SW.

14°steepest 50 m
average pitch
1306 mlength
61 mvertical
300 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

Big Hawk Ridge is south-west-facing: warm afternoon sun, softens and refreezes the most after the sunniest aspect.

Grooming: classic. Lit for night skiing.

How to get to Big Hawk Ridge

Lifts that reach the top: Chair 6 (skiing novice terrain to get there); Chair 5 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Chair 2 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Chair 1 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Chair 8 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Chair 3 (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 0 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ski Big Hawk Ridge (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Little Forest, Birch Pass, Sleepy Creek Cutoff, Sleepy Creek. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Chair 6 (1 min), Chair 8 (1 min), Chair 5 (1 min).

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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.