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Northstar at Tahoe Resort

2,282 feet of lift-served vertical, from a base of 6,326 ft to a summit of 8,608 ft. Measured from the lowest and highest lift terminal on this mountain — not a box around a map pin — and cut into 6 five-hundred-foot bands.

2,282
ft vertical
6,326
ft base
8,608
ft summit
14
uphill lifts
2,264
footprint acres

The column

6 bands · base to summit
6,000–6,50064 ac · 11.1° · SSE684 mm
6,500–7,000576 ac · 14.1° · SSE892 mm
7,000–7,500642 ac · 18.4° · S1,103 mm
7,500–8,000772 ac · 16.9° · S1,103 mm
8,000–8,500200 ac · 17.1° · S1,244 mm
8,500–9,0009 ac · 15.0° · SSW1,282 mm
under 15° easier 15–25° more difficult 25–33° most difficult over 33° expert bar length = acres · fill = elevation
NESW
Bands
6
All lifts
20
Lift length
17.2 km
Steepest band
18.4°
Operator
—
Coordinates
39.2602, -120.1335

Band by band

slope, aspect and winter normal
Band (ft)AcresSlope° RatingAspectDeg NDJFM mm
6,000–6,5006411.1easierSSE165684
6,500–7,00057614.1easierSSE168892
7,000–7,50064218.4more difficultS1801,103
7,500–8,00077216.9more difficultS1851,103
8,000–8,50020017.1more difficultS1811,244
8,500–9,000915.0more difficultSSW1981,282

Slope and aspect are the Horn 3×3 method on a ~13 m DEM. A band's aspect is the direction of the mean unit vector, not the mean of the angles. NDJFM mm is the PRISM 1991–2020 November–March precipitation normal at that height — liquid equivalent, not snow depth.

How this mountain gets scored

the verification station
Truckee #2 SNOTEL (834:CA:SNTL) is 6.3 km away at 6,500 ft — 2,108 ft below this summit. It reports hourly precipitation, snow water equivalent and temperature at a surveyed elevation, which is the only truth at height that does not have to be interpolated first. Forecasts for this mountain will be scored there, and the score published whether or not it flatters.

Nearby

Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley 13 km Palisades Tahoe Alpine Meadows 15 km Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area 15 km Donner Ski Ranch 18 km Diamond Peak 18 km Homewood Ski Area 20 km

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