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Initiation at Mt Hotham Alpine Resort

Advanced · 297 m long with 83 m of vertical, averaging 16° and 24° at its steepest, facing E.

24°steepest 50 m
16°average pitch
297 mlength
83 mvertical
1759 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

Initiation is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

How to get to Initiation

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

From the base area (about 7 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Heavenly Valley
  2. Ski Milky Way (intermediate)
  3. Ski Initiation (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Gotcha Access, unnamed advanced trail, unnamed expert trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Gotcha (1 min), Heavenly Valley (3 min), Village (4 min).

See Initiation 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.