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Waterfall at Alyeska

Advanced · 157 m long with 70 m of vertical, averaging 24° and 28° at its steepest, facing NW.

28°steepest 50 m
24°average pitch
157 mlength
70 mvertical
367 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Waterfall

Lifts that reach the top: 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 Ted's Express
  2. Ski Jetway (intermediate)
  3. Ski Ego Flats (intermediate)
  4. Ski Corkscrew (intermediate)
  5. Ski Waterfall (advanced)

Where it ends

Joins Switchback, Klondike. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Ted's Express (2 min), Tanaka (3 min).

See Waterfall 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.