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Flying Squirrel at Northstar California

Intermediate · 504 m long with 129 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 20° at its steepest, facing E.

20°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
504 mlength
129 mvertical
2376 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

Flying Squirrel is east-facing: morning sun, softens first and shades by early afternoon.

How to get to Flying Squirrel

Lifts that reach the top: Tahoe Zephyr Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Promised Land Express (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 5 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Promised Land Express
  2. Ski unnamed trail
  3. Ski West Ridge (intermediate)
  4. Ski Lookout Road (intermediate)
  5. Ski Cowboy Pass (intermediate)
  6. Ski Flying Squirrel (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Christmas Tree, unnamed advanced trail, unnamed trail, Jibboom. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Comstock Express (1 min), Arrow Express (4 min), Tahoe Zephyr Express (4 min).

See Flying Squirrel 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.