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Northstar ski runs

90 named runs · about 50 miles of skiing · 6,300 to 8,610 ft

Green 8% (3.9 mi)Blue 58% (28.9 mi)Black 34% (17.0 mi)Double black 0% (0.0 mi)

Share of the mountain by length of run, not number of trails, measured from the mapped runs.

Steepest

  1. White Rabbit 36°
  2. Stampede 34°
  3. Gooseneck 32°
  4. Upper Grouse Alley 31°
  5. Boca 31°

Longest

  1. Lookout Bypass 8,200 ft
  2. Logger's Loop 7,300 ft
  3. Backdoor 7,100 ft
  4. Challenger 6,300 ft
  5. Polaris 6,000 ft

Holds snow best

  1. Gooseneck 44% sun
  2. Boca 45% sun
  3. Camp Glade 49% sun
  4. Prosser 58% sun
  5. Stampede 60% sun

Longest greens

  1. Village Run 4,800 ft
  2. Lumberjack 3,900 ft
  3. Skid Trail 2,400 ft
  4. The Gulch 2,300 ft
  5. Woodcutter 1,800 ft

Every run on the mountain

Hover a run for its name. The thicker runs have their own pages; tap one to open it.

All 90 runs

RunRatingVerticalLength SteepestAvg pitchFacesHolds snow
White Rabbit Black 1,088 ft 3,126 ft 36° 21° SW Poor
Stampede Black 1,558 ft 5,085 ft 34° 18° N Excellent
Gooseneck Black 1,101 ft 2,735 ft 32° 24° NE Excellent
Upper Grouse Alley Black 382 ft 1,268 ft 31° 18° NE Excellent
Boca Black 1,185 ft 3,266 ft 31° 22° N Excellent
Follow Me Black 412 ft 1,562 ft 31° 16° NW Good
Martis Black 1,225 ft 3,986 ft 30° 18° NW Good
Sierra Grande Black 1,304 ft 5,300 ft 30° 14° W Below average
Prosser Black 1,744 ft 6,020 ft 29° 17° N Excellent
Crosscut Black 393 ft 1,592 ft 29° 14° N Good
The Rapids Black 1,734 ft 5,468 ft 29° 19° W Average
Tonini's Black 624 ft 2,719 ft 28° 13° N Good
Sugar Pine glade Black 1,174 ft 3,742 ft 28° 18° NW Good
The Woods Blue 754 ft 4,881 ft 28° 9° N Average
Promised Land Black 744 ft 2,047 ft 28° 21° NW Good
Jibboom Black 400 ft 1,358 ft 27° 17° NE Good
Dutchman Blue 346 ft 1,388 ft 27° 15° N Good
Rail Splitter Black 1,178 ft 4,026 ft 27° 17° W Average
Camp Glade Black 1,020 ft 3,573 ft 27° 17° N Excellent
Hornet's Nest Black 459 ft 1,900 ft 27° 14° N Good
Springboard Black 464 ft 1,868 ft 27° 15° E Average
Burnout Black 1,450 ft 4,573 ft 26° 19° NW Average
Powder Bowl Blue 713 ft 3,655 ft 26° 11° N Good
Challenger Black 1,198 ft 6,250 ft 26° 11° NW Average
Polaris Black 1,794 ft 6,028 ft 26° 17° NW Average
Sawmill Glade Black 779 ft 4,393 ft 26° 11° NE Average
Sodergren's Blue 742 ft 3,073 ft 26° 14° E Average
Washoe Blue 1,300 ft 4,800 ft 26° 16° NW Good
The Chute Blue 498 ft 2,114 ft 26° 14° NW Good
Upper Lion's Way Blue 478 ft 3,051 ft 25° 9° E Below average
Webber Black 293 ft 1,386 ft 25° 12° NE Good
The Plunge Black 397 ft 1,438 ft 25° 16° NE Good
Iron Horse Black 1,681 ft 5,830 ft 25° 17° NW Good
Castle Peak Blue 1,448 ft 5,839 ft 25° 14° W Average
Delight Blue 207 ft 795 ft 25° 15° N Excellent
The Gully Blue 781 ft 3,530 ft 24° 13° E Average
The Face Blue 312 ft 1,410 ft 24° 13° E Below average
Surprise Black 480 ft 1,781 ft 24° 16° N Excellent
The Islands Blue 1,093 ft 4,202 ft 24° 15° W Below average
Home Run Blue 602 ft 3,425 ft 23° 11° NE Average
Hoot Owl Blue 363 ft 1,766 ft 23° 12° NE Average
Monument glade Black 1,266 ft — 23° 18° W —
Sidewinder Blue 798 ft 3,666 ft 23° 13° N Good
Pipeline Blue 1,032 ft 4,632 ft 23° 13° NW Good
Boondocks Blue 859 ft 4,402 ft 23° 11° E Below average
Drop Off Blue 620 ft 2,723 ft 23° 13° N Good
Moonshine Blue 781 ft 3,248 ft 23° 14° NW Good
Pinball Blue 872 ft 3,881 ft 23° 13° NW Good
Stump Alley Blue 405 ft 1,788 ft 22° 13° NE Good
Ax Handle Blue 656 ft 3,026 ft 21° 13° NE Average
Northern Lights Blue 749 ft 3,405 ft 21° 13° E Below average
Playground Blue 301 ft 1,255 ft 21° 14° NW Good
Drifter Blue 1,115 ft 4,869 ft 21° 13° W Below average
Deerskin Blue 626 ft 2,846 ft 21° 13° E Average
East Ridge Blue 617 ft 5,242 ft 21° 7° N Average
Lookout Bypass Blue 877 ft 8,248 ft 21° 6° NE Average
Lower Pioneer Blue 656 ft 3,157 ft 21° 12° E Below average
Schwarzstrasse Blue 460 ft 4,788 ft 21° 6° N Average
Flying Squirrel Blue 425 ft 1,714 ft 21° 14° E Below average
Logger's Loop Blue 1,176 ft 7,269 ft 21° 9° N Good
Cascades Blue 327 ft 1,776 ft 20° 11° NE Good
Upper Pioneer Blue 213 ft 1,044 ft 19° 12° NE Good
Luggi's Blue 344 ft 1,841 ft 19° 11° NE Average
Woodchuck Blue 490 ft 2,561 ft 19° 11° NW Average
Cowboy Pass Blue 125 ft 581 ft 19° 13° E Below average
Lower Burnout Blue 394 ft 2,530 ft 19° 9° NW Average
Forerunner Blue 417 ft 2,056 ft 19° 12° NW Good
Timberline Blue 375 ft 3,809 ft 19° 6° N Average
West Ridge Blue 623 ft 3,712 ft 18° 10° N Good
Cat's Face Blue 214 ft 813 ft 18° 15° N Excellent
Village Run Green 485 ft 4,849 ft 18° 6° N Average
Lower Grouse Alley Blue 368 ft 1,989 ft 18° 11° NE Average
Christmas Tree Blue 227 ft 1,006 ft 17° 13° SE Poor
Overland Trail Blue 151 ft 709 ft 17° 13° E Below average
Gateway Blue 273 ft 2,372 ft 17° 7° NW Average
Upper Jibboom Blue 213 ft 1,242 ft 17° 10° NE Average
Down Under Black 295 ft 1,919 ft 16° 9° NW Average
Upper Main Street Green 222 ft 1,250 ft 15° 10° NE Average
Skid Trail Green 331 ft 2,371 ft 15° 8° NW Average
Lumberjack Green 647 ft 3,852 ft 15° 10° N Good
Lower Main Street Green 192 ft 1,322 ft 13° 8° N Average
Backdoor Blue 574 ft 7,143 ft 13° 5° W Below average
The Gulch Green 302 ft 2,322 ft 13° 8° NE Average
The Glades Blue 174 ft 2,397 ft 13° 4° N Average
The Flume Blue 133 ft 1,497 ft 12° 5° N Excellent
Lower Lion's Way Green 154 ft 1,268 ft 12° 7° SE Below average
Woodcutter Green 157 ft 1,837 ft 10° 5° E Below average
Goldmine Blue 172 ft 2,605 ft 8° 4° E Below average
Condo Run Green 150 ft 1,563 ft 8° 6° NE Average
Lookout Unrated 51 ft 658 ft 6° 4° SE Below average

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line; "holds snow" ranks each run's winter sun against every run we've measured. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap.