Bushwacker at Mt Hotham Alpine Resort
Intermediate · 339 m long with 110 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 26° at its steepest, facing SW.
26°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
339 mlength
110 mvertical
1798 mtop elevation
SWfaces
Snow and sun
Bushwacker is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Bushwacker
Lifts that reach the top: The Orchard (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 15 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Heavenly Valley
- Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
- Ski Gotcha Access (intermediate)
- Ride Gotcha
- Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
- Ski Tele Treat (intermediate)
- Ski Watershed (intermediate)
- Ride The Orchard
- Ski Zirk's (intermediate)
- Ski Bushwacker (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Watershed. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Keogh's (1 min), The Orchard (1 min).
See Bushwacker on the 3D mapAll runs at Mt Hotham Alpine ResortMeasured 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.