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Lower Pioneer at Northstar California

Intermediate · 937 m long with 200 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 19° at its steepest, facing E.

19°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
937 mlength
200 mvertical
2285 mtop elevation
Efaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Lower Pioneer

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 Lower Pioneer (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed trail, Woodcutter, The Gulch, Lower Lion's Way. Nearest lifts from the bottom: The Big Easy (1 min), Pegasus (1 min), Tahoe Zephyr Express (1 min).

See Lower Pioneer 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.