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
8°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):
- Ride (Proposed) Timberline Gondola
- Ski Glade (easy)
- Ski Christine's Run (easy)
- Ski Thunder (intermediate)
- Ski Lift Line (intermediate)
- Ski Main Run Pucci (intermediate)
- Ride Pucci Express
- Ski Otto Lang (intermediate)
- Ride Magic Mile
- Ski Gordo's Mile (intermediate)
- Ride Palmer
- 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 areaMeasured 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.