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Palmer Snowfield at Timberline Lodge ski area

Advanced · 1781 m long with 238 m of vertical, averaging 8° and — at its steepest, facing S.

steepest 50 m
average pitch
1781 mlength
238 mvertical
2581 mtop elevation
Sfaces

Snow and sun

Palmer Snowfield is equator-facing: the sunniest aspect, softens earliest and suffers most in warm spells.

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Palmer Snowfield

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

From the base area (about 40 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride (Proposed) Timberline Gondola
  2. Ski Glade (easy)
  3. Ski Christine's Run (easy)
  4. Ski Thunder (intermediate)
  5. Ski Lift Line (intermediate)
  6. Ski Main Run Pucci (intermediate)
  7. Ride Pucci Express
  8. Ski Otto Lang (intermediate)
  9. Ride Magic Mile
  10. Ski Gordo's Mile (intermediate)
  11. Ride Palmer
  12. Ski Palmer Snowfield (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Bean's Run, Midway Road, Willis, unnamed advanced trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Palmer (2 min), FTC Handle Tow (3 min), FTC Handle Tow (3 min).

See Palmer Snowfield on the 3D mapAll runs at Timberline Lodge 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.