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Playground at Northstar California

Intermediate · 371 m long with 92 m of vertical, averaging 14° and 20° at its steepest, facing NW.

20°steepest 50 m
14°average pitch
371 mlength
92 mvertical
2391 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Playground

Lifts that reach the top: Vista Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Rendezvous (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 10 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Promised Land Express
  2. Ski unnamed trail
  3. Ski West Ridge (intermediate)
  4. Ski Luggi's (intermediate)
  5. Ride Rendezvous
  6. Ski unnamed trail
  7. Ski East Ridge (intermediate)
  8. Ski Skid Trail (easy)
  9. Ski Forerunner (intermediate)
  10. Ski Playground (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Lumberjack. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Comstock Express (2 min), Arrow Express (4 min), Tahoe Zephyr Express (4 min).

See Playground 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.