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Golden Point at Mt Hotham Alpine Resort

Expert · 1835 m long with 296 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 29° at its steepest, facing SW.

29°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
1835 mlength
296 mvertical
1779 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Golden Point

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

From the base area (about 15 minutes, expert 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 Leap of Faith (advanced)
  8. Ride The Orchard
  9. Ski Spargo's Access (intermediate)
  10. Ski Golden Point (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Davenport Access, unnamed intermediate trail, Swindlers Trail, Lower Swindlers Trail, unnamed expert trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Village (1 min), Blue Ribbon (2 min).

See Golden Point 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.