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Upper Main at Sierra-at-Tahoe

Easy · 568 m long with 94 m of vertical, averaging 9° and 13° at its steepest, facing N.

13°steepest 50 m
9°average pitch
568 mlength
94 mvertical
2477 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Upper Main

Lifts that reach the top: Short Stuff (skiing novice terrain to get there); Nob Hill (skiing novice terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 16 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Puma
  2. Ski Upper Sleighride (intermediate)
  3. Ski Lower Sleighride (easy)
  4. Ski Easy Street (easy)
  5. Ski Broadway (easy)
  6. Ride Nob Hill
  7. Ski Upper Main (easy)

Where it ends

Joins Corkscrew, Lower Main. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Nob Hill (2 min), Easy Rider Express (3 min), Rock Garden (4 min).

See Upper Main 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.