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North Star at Alyeska

Expert · 176 m long with 26 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 17° at its steepest, facing SW.

17°steepest 50 m
average pitch
176 mlength
26 mvertical
310 mtop elevation
SWfaces

Snow and sun

North Star is south-west-facing: warm afternoon sun, softens and refreezes the most after the sunniest aspect.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to North Star

No lift-served path appears in the map data: it may be hike-to, gated, or mapped separately.

Where it ends

Joins Northwest Passage. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Chair 7 (3 min), Aerial Tram (3 min).

See North Star on the 3D mapAll runs at Alyeska
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.