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Hogg's Back at Mt Hotham Alpine Resort

Intermediate · 743 m long with 235 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 22° at its steepest, facing E.

22°steepest 50 m

18°average pitch

743 mlength

235 mvertical

1687 mtop elevation

Efaces

Snow and sun

Hogg's Back is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

How to get to Hogg's Back

Lifts that reach the top: Blue Ribbon (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Village (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Bunderool (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Pup's Playground (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 6 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

Ride Blue Ribbon
Ski Hogg's Back Access (intermediate)
Ski Hogg's Back (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Wood Run, Lower Varsity Drag, Lower Swindlers Trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Blue Ribbon (1 min).

See Hogg's Back on the 3D map All 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.