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Lower Varsity Drag at Mt Hotham Alpine Resort

Intermediate · 388 m long with 106 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 20° at its steepest, facing E.

20°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
388 mlength
106 mvertical
1556 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Lower Varsity Drag

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); Harry's Hideaway (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Big D Express (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Blue Ribbon
  2. Ski Hogg's Back Access (intermediate)
  3. Ski Upper Varsity Drag (intermediate)
  4. Ski Lower Varsity Drag (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Wood Run, Lower Swindlers Trail, Hogg's Back. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Blue Ribbon (1 min).

See Lower Varsity Drag 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.