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Drifter connector at Northstar California

Intermediate · 496 m long with 84 m of vertical, averaging 10° and 16° at its steepest, facing NW.

16°steepest 50 m
10°average pitch
496 mlength
84 mvertical
2393 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

Grooming: classic.

How to get to Drifter connector

Lifts that reach the top: Promised Land Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

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

  1. Ride Promised Land Express
  2. Ski unnamed trail
  3. Ski Castle Peak (intermediate)
  4. Ski The Islands (intermediate)
  5. Ski Drifter connector (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Drifter. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Promised Land Express (3 min).

See Drifter connector 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.