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Ariel Trees
Combine with Ariel Chairline for a few great laps on the mountain.
Moderate Freeride Skiing
- Distance
- 800 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 296 m
Home to some of the best hits on the mountain.
Freeride Skiing Difficult
The black diamond-rated Ariel Chairline is hands-down the best Hollywood line on Mt. Ashland, with some of the best hits on the main mountain found on a small cliff band right next to the chairlift.
The difficulty of the Chairline can be tailored depending on your tastes. If you avoid the major obstacles and stay skier's right on the main slope, you can enjoy a respectable black diamond powder/mogul run down the mountain. If you venture further skier's right, you'll enjoy some variable glades with ripples in the terrain, especially in early season.
But for the big features, look to skier's left. In the skier's left portion of the upper slope, protruding boulders provide opportunities to catch some serious air, with a reasonably steep, wide-open landing zone below. While these boulders undoubtedly fill in a bit as the season progresses, so too do the shark fins hiding below the surface.
For a more substantial set of hits, the small cliff band/boulder pile to skier's left of the main run can be negotiated and hucked from a variety of angles. Be sure to scout your in-run and landing zone in detail before committing, however. Especially in the early season, the lines are non-obvious and technical. Even in late season, the landing zone isn't nearly as wide-open as the landings found on the main slope.
Difficult
Serious gradient of 30-38 degrees where a real risk of slipping exists.
0 m away
Combine with Ariel Chairline for a few great laps on the mountain.
Moderate Freeride Skiing
60 m away
Mt. Ashland's most remote glade.
Moderate Freeride Skiing
172 m away
A wide but short glade.
Moderate Freeride Skiing
215 m away
One of the two best glades on Mt. Ashland.
Moderate Freeride Skiing
345 m away
Arguably one of the two best glades on Mt. Ashland.
Difficult Freeride Skiing
355 m away
An obvious Hollywood line.
Moderate Freeride Skiing
412 m away
A sunny glade off of Dream.
Moderate Freeride Skiing
418 m away
An often-overlooked glade.
Moderate Freeride Skiing
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