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Gotcha Ridge at Mt Hotham Alpine Resort

Expert · 502 m long with 175 m of vertical, averaging 19° and 31° at its steepest, facing SE.

31°steepest 50 m
19°average pitch
502 mlength
175 mvertical
1750 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Gotcha Ridge 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 Ridge

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 Ridge (expert)

Where it ends

Joins Lindsay's, Valley Trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Heavenly Valley (2 min), Village (3 min), Blue Ribbon (5 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.