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Motherlode Flats at Ski Cooper

Easy · 526 m long with 70 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 10° at its steepest, facing NW.

10°steepest 50 m

8°average pitch

526 mlength

70 mvertical

3464 mtop elevation

NWfaces

Snow and sun

Motherlode Flats is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Motherlode Flats

Lifts that reach the top: Piney Basin Triple Chair (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Little Horse (skiing advanced terrain to get there); Hoyt's (skiing advanced terrain to get there); 10th Mountain (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 4 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

Ride Piney Basin Triple Chair
Ski Motherlode (advanced)
Ski Motherlode Flats (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Tenderfoot, Triple Chair Highway. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Piney Basin Triple Chair (2 min).

See Motherlode Flats on the 3D map All runs at Ski Cooper

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.