Snow Upper Pioneer at Northstar California
Intermediate · 312 m long with 65 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 19° at its steepest, facing NE.
19°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
312 mlength
65 mvertical
2350 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Upper Pioneer is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Upper Pioneer
No lift-served path appears in the map data: it may be hike-to, gated, or mapped separately.
Where it ends
Joins Lower Pioneer, The Face, Hoot Owl. Nearest lifts from the bottom: The Big Easy (2 min), Tahoe Zephyr Express (3 min), Pegasus (3 min).
See Upper Pioneer on the 3D mapAll runs at Northstar CaliforniaMeasured 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.