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Gotcha Face at Mt Hotham Alpine Resort

Expert · 279 m long with 114 m of vertical, averaging 22° and 32° at its steepest, facing SE.

32°steepest 50 m
22°average pitch
279 mlength
114 mvertical
1750 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Gotcha Face 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 Gotcha Face

Lifts that reach the top: Gotcha (skiing expert terrain to get there); Keogh's (skiing expert terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 11 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Heavenly Valley
  2. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  3. Ski Gotcha Access (intermediate)
  4. Ride Gotcha
  5. Ski The Chute (expert)
  6. Ski Gotcha Face (expert)

Where it ends

Joins The Chute. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Heavenly Valley (4 min), Village (5 min), Blue Ribbon (7 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.