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Powder Bowl at Northstar California

Intermediate · 1090 m long with 218 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 24° at its steepest, facing N.

24°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
1090 mlength
218 mvertical
2564 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Powder Bowl

Lifts that reach the top: Comstock Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Backside Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 12 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Backside Express
  2. Ski unnamed trail
  3. Ski East Ridge (intermediate)
  4. Ski Powder Bowl (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Lumberjack, unnamed trail, Skid Trail, Tonini's. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Rendezvous (1 min), Comstock Express (3 min), Arrow Express (5 min).

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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.