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Skipper at Sierra-at-Tahoe

Intermediate · 778 m long with 114 m of vertical, averaging 8° and 15° at its steepest, facing W.

15°steepest 50 m
8°average pitch
778 mlength
114 mvertical
2219 mtop elevation
Wfaces

Snow and sun

Skipper is west-facing: afternoon sun, softens late and can crust as it refreezes.

How to get to Skipper

Lifts that reach the top: Easy Rider Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Rock Garden (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Puma (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Nob Hill (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Short Stuff (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 6 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Puma
  2. Ski Upper Sleighride (intermediate)
  3. Ski Lower Sleighride (easy)
  4. Ski Pika (intermediate)
  5. Ski Beaver (intermediate)
  6. Ski Skipper (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins Lower Bashful.

See Skipper on the 3D mapAll runs at Sierra-at-Tahoe
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.