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Zigzag Side Country at Timberline Lodge ski area

Extreme · 2128 m long with 446 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 21° at its steepest, facing S.

21°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
2128 mlength
446 mvertical
2576 mtop elevation
Sfaces

Snow and sun

Zigzag Side Country is equator-facing: the sunniest aspect, softens earliest and suffers most in warm spells.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Zigzag Side Country

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

From the base area (about 40 minutes, freeride 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 Zigzag Side Country (extreme)

Where it ends

Joins Outer West. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Stormin' Norman (6 min), Jeff Flood Express (8 min), Summit (13 min).

See Zigzag Side Country 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.