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Waimea at Thredbo

Intermediate · 550 m long with 147 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 24° at its steepest, facing SE.

24°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
550 mlength
147 mvertical
1911 mtop elevation
SEfaces

Snow and sun

Waimea 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 Waimea

Lifts that reach the top: Antons T-Bar (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Sponars T-Bar (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 21 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Gunbarrel Express
  2. Ski The Traverse (intermediate)
  3. Ski East High Noon (intermediate)
  4. Ski To Antons (intermediate)
  5. Ski Lenny's Leap (intermediate)
  6. Ride Antons T-Bar
  7. Ski Cruiser Traverse (intermediate)
  8. Ski Waimea (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Ballroom, unnamed intermediate trail, The Traverse (To Cruiser). Nearest lifts from the bottom: The Cruiser (2 min), Easy Rider T-Bar (3 min), The Burrow Snow Runner (4 min).

See Waimea on the 3D mapAll runs at Thredbo
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.