Snow Birch Pass at Mount Kato
Easy · 322 m long with 6 m of vertical, averaging 2° and 4° at its steepest, facing E.
4°steepest 50 m
2°average pitch
322 mlength
6 mvertical
300 mtop elevation
Efaces
Snow and sun
Birch Pass is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.
Grooming: classic. Lit for night skiing.
How to get to Birch Pass
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 4 minutes, easy skiing needed):
- Ride Chair 6
- Ski Birch Pass (easy)
Where it ends
Joins Birch Coulee, Big Hawk Ridge, Little Forest, Sleepy Creek Cutoff, Sleepy Creek. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Chair 5 (1 min), Chair 6 (1 min), Chair 7 (1 min).
See Birch Pass on the 3D mapAll runs at Mount KatoMeasured 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.