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Home Run at Whakapapa skifield

Easy · 1217 m long with 161 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 26° at its steepest, facing NE.

26°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
1217 mlength
161 mvertical
1829 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

Home Run is south-west-facing: warm afternoon sun, softens and refreezes the most after the sunniest aspect.

How to get to Home Run

Lifts that reach the top: West Ridge Chair (skiing easy terrain to get there); Delta Quad Chair (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 17 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sky Waka Gondola
  2. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  3. Ride Delta Quad Chair
  4. Ski Delta Trail West (easy)
  5. Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
  6. Ski Home Run (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Tennants Valley. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Sky Waka Gondola (1 min), Rangatira Express Quad Chair (1 min), Carpet 1 (2 min).

See Home Run on the 3D mapAll runs at Whakapapa skifield
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.