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Gateway at Northstar California

Intermediate · 717 m long with 84 m of vertical, averaging 7° and 15° at its steepest, facing N.

15°steepest 50 m
7°average pitch
717 mlength
84 mvertical
2037 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Gateway

Lifts that reach the top: The Big Easy (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Timberline Triple (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Little Dipper (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Lookout Link (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Martis Camp Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 9 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Timberline Triple
  2. Ski unnamed trail
  3. Ski Overland Trail (intermediate)
  4. Ski Upper Lion's Way (intermediate)
  5. Ski Timberline (intermediate)
  6. Ski Gateway (intermediate)
See Gateway 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.