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Big Slope at Mt Hotham Alpine Resort

Advanced · 415 m long with 116 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 28° at its steepest, facing SW.

28°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
415 mlength
116 mvertical
1821 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Big Slope

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

From the base area (about 15 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Heavenly Valley
  2. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  3. Ski Gotcha Access (intermediate)
  4. Ride Gotcha
  5. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  6. Ski Tele Treat (intermediate)
  7. Ski Watershed (intermediate)
  8. Ride The Orchard
  9. Ski Big Slope (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Russell's Runway. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Keogh's (1 min), The Orchard (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.