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Cat's Face at Northstar California

Intermediate · 239 m long with 65 m of vertical, averaging 15° and 18° at its steepest, facing N.

18°steepest 50 m
15°average pitch
239 mlength
65 mvertical
2254 mtop elevation
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Snow and sun

Cat's Face is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

How to get to Cat's Face

Lifts that reach the top: Vista Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Rendezvous (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Comstock Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Backside Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 12 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Big Springs Express Gondola
  2. Ski unnamed trail
  3. Ride Vista Express
  4. Ski unnamed trail
  5. Ski Logger's Loop (intermediate)
  6. Ski Cat's Face (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Sawmill Glade, The Woods, Logger's Loop. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Vista Express (2 min), Arrow Express (2 min), Tahoe Zephyr Express (2 min).

See Cat's Face on the 3D mapAll runs at Northstar California
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.