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Milky Way at Mt Hotham Alpine Resort

Intermediate · 807 m long with 109 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 15° at its steepest, facing E.

15°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
807 mlength
109 mvertical
1798 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Milky Way

Lifts that reach the top: Heavenly Valley (skiing novice terrain to get there).

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

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

Where it ends

Joins The Cornice, unnamed intermediate trail, Lower Imagine, Blue Snake, unnamed advanced trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Heavenly Valley (2 min), Village (3 min), Blue Ribbon (4 min).

See Milky Way 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.