Hotham Trail Map

Hotham Trail Maps

Before your next visit to Hotham snow resort check out the trail map. If you are a beginner, take a look at what parts of the resort are graded green for you. Intermediate riders will find all the blue ski runs covering many parts of the main resort and advanced to expert riders will be satisfied with the whole right side of the resort and more specifically the experts will be happy with the Mary’s Slide Extreme Zone found below the Gotcha and Keoghs quad chairs.

Hotham Ski Runs & Trails

With a base altitude of 1450m (4757 ft) and a summit altitude of 1861m (6105 ft) Hotham offers a vertical drop of 395m (1296 ft). Hotham is proud to offer Victoria’s highest elevation and also the most challenging terrain in Australia. To get the seasons going and to maintain the base throughout the season Hotham has snowmaking capabilities which cover 38 hectares, however with Hotham’s position and elevation they don’t really need to rely on the snowmaking system that often. 

Whilst the challenging terrain at Hotham gets all the attention it is still a great place to learn how to ride, 20% of the terrain and trails is set as green and this includes a specific learner area serviced by the Big D Express quad chair. The other beginner area is the summit area serviced by the Summit Chair. Both of these areas are above the village which means the snow quality is always great and well groomed.

The rest of the resort which flows down from the village is intermediate and advanced / expert terrain, Hotham is the only place in the southern hemisphere where you can walk out your front door and drop into a black run.

Intermediates are well serviced at Hotham with majority of the 40% of the blue runs being covered by snowmaking capabilities and where some of the best grooming takes place. The best places for intermediates are a number of runs off the Blue Ribbon triple chair and the far reaches of the resort on The Orchard chair. Blue Ribbon services long and wide runs which offer amazing natural features, or you can dip into the trees. The Orchard chair has 9 blue runs starting at the top and connecting back again at the bottom, this area opens late in the season once the base is deep enough but is the best place for well-groomed riding in the spring sunshine.

Advanced and expert terrain is what Hotham is known for, whilst the 40% split of terrain is the same as intermediates it’s a large percentage for an Australian resort. Heavenly quad chair is where most advance riders spend their days lapping the countless black runs offered, these include technical tree zones and natural half pipes through the gullies. From Wednesday to Sunday the Heavenly chair is spinning from 730am and after a storm there are some epic turns to be made in this part of the resort. 

With runs named Hackers Horror and Wall of Death found under the Audi Quattro quad its easy to know that this part of the resort is an advanced persons dream, but make sure you can handle it as everyone riding the chair will be watching every turn you make.

In the far reaches of the resort is the famed double black diamond area called the Extreme Zone. The infamous run Mary’s Slide is right in the middle of this gated area and this zone opens only when conditions allow much deeper into the season. If the runs under the Heavenly chair are being tracked out after a storm, then head straight here in the morning to have fresh powder refills for most of the day.

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