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Drift Return at Mt Hotham Alpine Resort

Intermediate · 880 m long with 59 m of vertical, averaging 4° and 9° at its steepest, facing SE.

9°steepest 50 m
4°average pitch
880 mlength
59 mvertical
1856 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Drift Return

Lifts that reach the top: The Drift (skiing novice terrain to get there); The Summit (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 20 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Village
  2. Ski The Basin (intermediate)
  3. Ski Playground Trail (intermediate)
  4. Ski Sun Run (intermediate)
  5. Ride Road Runner
  6. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  7. Ski Summit Run (easy)
  8. Ride The Summit
  9. Ski Australia Drift (intermediate)
  10. Ski Drift Return (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Australia Drift, unnamed intermediate trail, Sun Run, Summit Run. Nearest lifts from the bottom: The Summit (1 min), The Drift (1 min), Summit Trainer (1 min).

See Drift Return on the 3D mapAll runs at Mt Hotham Alpine Resort
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.