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Prentice at Showdown Ski Area

Easy · 400 m long with 92 m of vertical, averaging 6° and 9° at its steepest, facing W.

9°steepest 50 m
6°average pitch
400 mlength
92 mvertical
2489 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Prentice

Lifts that reach the top: Payload (skiing novice terrain to get there); Prospector (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 12 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Payload
  2. Ski Prentice (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Teds Tumble, Forest Service Road 834, Forest Service Road 834, Prentice. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Hoxter Express (4 min), unnamed magic carpet (4 min), Prospector (7 min).

See Prentice on the 3D mapAll runs at Showdown Ski Area
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.