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Saddle at Alyeska

Expert · 221 m long with 176 m of vertical, averaging 39° and 43° at its steepest, facing NW.

43°steepest 50 m

39°average pitch

221 mlength

176 mvertical

918 mtop elevation

NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Saddle

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

Where it ends

Joins High Traverse. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Ted's Express (7 min), Tanaka (8 min).

See Saddle on the 3D map All 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.