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Valley Trail at Mt Hotham Alpine Resort

Expert · 1201 m long with 106 m of vertical, averaging 6° and 17° at its steepest, facing SW.

17°steepest 50 m
6°average pitch
1201 mlength
106 mvertical
1626 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

Valley Trail 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 Valley Trail

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

From the base area (about 18 minutes, expert skiing needed):

  1. Ride Heavenly Valley
  2. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  3. Ski Gotcha Access (intermediate)
  4. Ride Gotcha
  5. Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
  6. Ski Tele Treat (intermediate)
  7. Ski Leap of Faith (advanced)
  8. Ride The Orchard
  9. Ski Spargo's Access (intermediate)
  10. Ski Spargo's (advanced)
  11. Ski Valley Trail (expert)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed intermediate trail, Snake Gulley, Lower Brockhoff, Swindlers Trail, Slalom Gully, Spargo's, unnamed expert trail, One Tree Hill. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Heavenly Valley (1 min), Village (1 min), Blue Ribbon (3 min).

See Valley Trail 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.