Anchorage, Alaska · United States · ski area
Alyeska Resort ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Alyeska Resort is a ski area in Anchorage, Alaska, United States with 30 km of mapped downhill runs and 7 lifts, between 80 m and 837 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 30 km
- Lifts
- 7
- Top elevation
- 837 m
- Vertical drop
- 757 m
- Nearest airport
- MRI · 49 km
Slopes by difficulty
73 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 4 Chairlifts
- 2 Magic carpets
- 1 Cable cars
Alyeska Resort is a ski area in Anchorage, Alaska, the United States. Its 73 mapped downhill runs add up to 30 km, which ranks it #103 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.3% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 411 m long.
Slopes at Alyeska Resort
About 8% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 44% intermediate and 46% advanced or expert, which makes Alyeska Resort best suited to confident and advanced skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 7 lifts: 4 chairlifts, 2 magic carpets, 1 cable car. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 80 m up to 837 m, a vertical drop of 757 m.
Getting to Alyeska Resort
The nearest airport is Merrill Field (MRI), about 49 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 4 min by car; Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) is 54 km away. Nearby ski areas include Arctic Valley Ski Area (9.6 km), Hilltop Ski Area (3.6 km), Hillside Cross Country Ski Trails and Campbell Airstrip / Far North Bicentennial Park Nordic, which together add 13 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Alyeska Resort
- 1 MRI49 kmstraight line
- 2Ted Stevens Anchorage International AirportANC54 kmstraight lineAnchorage, United States
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- 3 ENA125 kmstraight line
- 4 VDZ154 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Alyeska Resort
- 39 kmArctic Valley Ski Area9.6 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 1,191 m
- 40 kmHilltop Ski Area3.6 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 237 m
- 42 kmHillside Cross Country Ski TrailsSmall ski area
- 43 kmCampbell Airstrip / Far North Bicentennial Park NordicSmall ski area
- 45 kmDyea Recreation AreaSmall ski area
- 46 kmAPU Mahaffeyup to 978 m
- 46 kmBartlett High School Cross Country Ski Trailsup to 94 m
- 46 kmRussian Jack Trail SystemSmall ski area
- 52 kmBeach Lake Nordic Ski Trailsup to 93 m
- 52 kmHillberg Ski Area4.8 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 110 m
- 55 kmEdmonds Lake Cross Country Ski Trailsup to 142 m
- 55 kmMirror Lake Coyote Ski TrailsSmall ski area
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.