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Woodchuck at Northstar California

Intermediate · 765 m long with 149 m of vertical, averaging 11° and 16° at its steepest, facing NW.

16°steepest 50 m
11°average pitch
765 mlength
149 mvertical
2283 mtop elevation
NWfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Woodchuck

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 11 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Big Springs Express Gondola
  2. Ski unnamed trail
  3. Ride Vista Express
  4. Ski unnamed trail
  5. Ski Logger's Loop (intermediate)
  6. Ski Woodchuck (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Main Street. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Arrow Express (1 min), Tahoe Zephyr Express (2 min), The Big Easy (2 min).

See Woodchuck 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.