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Tanaka Hill at Alyeska

Advanced · 470 m long with 157 m of vertical, averaging 18° and 29° at its steepest, facing NW.

29°steepest 50 m
18°average pitch
470 mlength
157 mvertical
246 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Tanaka Hill

Lifts that reach the top: Tanaka (skiing novice terrain to get there); Ted's Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Aerial Tram (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Glacier Bowl Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 4 minutes, advanced skiing needed):

  1. Ride Tanaka
  2. Ski Tanaka Hill (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Chair 3 Road, Klondike. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Ted's Express (1 min), Tanaka (1 min).

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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.