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Hoot Owl at Northstar California

Intermediate · 523 m long with 111 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 24° at its steepest, facing NE.

24°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
523 mlength
111 mvertical
2285 mtop elevation
NEfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Hoot Owl

Lifts that reach the top: Lookout Link (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Martis Camp Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 5 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Martis Camp Express
  2. Ski unnamed trail
  3. Ski Schwarzstrasse (intermediate)
  4. Ski Lookout
  5. Ski The Face (intermediate)
  6. Ski Hoot Owl (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Pioneer. Nearest lifts from the bottom: The Big Easy (1 min), Tahoe Zephyr Express (2 min), Pegasus (2 min).

See Hoot Owl 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.