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Skid Trail at Northstar California

Easy · 713 m long with 101 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 12° at its steepest, facing NW.

12°steepest 50 m

8°average pitch

713 mlength

101 mvertical

2443 mtop elevation

NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Skid Trail

Lifts that reach the top: Vista Express (skiing novice 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 9 minutes, easy skiing needed):

Ride Big Springs Express Gondola
Ride Vista Express
Ski Skid Trail (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Lumberjack, unnamed trail, Powder Bowl. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Rendezvous (1 min), Comstock Express (2 min), Arrow Express (5 min).

See Skid Trail on the 3D map All 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.