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Portal at 49 Degrees North Ski Area

Easy · 2251 m long with 275 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 21° at its steepest, facing N.

21°steepest 50 m
average pitch
2251 mlength
275 mvertical
1478 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Portal is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Portal

Lifts that reach the top: Sunrise Quad #5 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Northern Spirit Express #1 (skiing easy terrain to get there); Silver Lode #4 (skiing easy terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 13 minutes, easy skiing needed):

  1. Ride Sunrise Quad #5
  2. Ski Silver Ridge (easy)
  3. Ski Portal (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Silver King, Silver Dollar. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Northern Spirit Express #1 (1 min), Gold Fever #7 (2 min), Grubstake #2 (2 min).

See Portal on the 3D mapAll runs at 49 Degrees North Ski Area
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.