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Northern Sky at White Pass Ski Area

Intermediate · 1175 m long with 250 m of vertical, averaging 12° and 24° at its steepest, facing N.

24°steepest 50 m
12°average pitch
1175 mlength
250 mvertical
1962 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

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

How to get to Northern Sky

Lifts that reach the top: Couloir Express (skiing intermediate terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 26 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):

  1. Ride Great White Express
  2. Ski Boardwalk (easy)
  3. Ride Basin Quad
  4. Ski unnamed connector
  5. Ski This Way (intermediate)
  6. Ski Wind Shot (intermediate)
  7. Ski unnamed connector
  8. Ride Couloir Express
  9. Ski Basin Boulevard (easy)
  10. Ski Rimrock (intermediate)
  11. Ski Northern Sky (intermediate)

Where it ends

Joins unnamed connector, Wind Shot, Base Area Access, Bermuda Triangle. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Couloir Express (1 min), Basin Quad (4 min), 4 The Birds (5 min).

See Northern Sky on the 3D mapAll runs at White Pass Ski Area
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.