Fairbanks, Alaska · United States · ski area
Birch Hill Ski and Snowboard Area ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Birch Hill Ski and Snowboard Area is a ski area in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States with 5.7 km of mapped downhill runs and 3 lifts, between 142 m and 306 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 5.7 km
- Lifts
- 3
- Top elevation
- 306 m
- Vertical drop
- 164 m
- Nearest airport
- FAI · 12 km
Slopes by difficulty
15 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 1 Rope tows
- 1 Chairlifts
- 1 Magic carpets
Birch Hill Ski and Snowboard Area is a ski area in Fairbanks, Alaska, the United States. Its 15 mapped downhill runs add up to 5.7 km, which ranks it #285 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.1% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 381 m long.
Slopes at Birch Hill Ski and Snowboard Area
About 18% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 46% intermediate and 34% advanced or expert, which makes Birch Hill Ski and Snowboard Area best suited to confident and advanced skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 3 lifts: 1 rope tow, 1 chairlift, 1 magic carpet. Most uphill transport is by surface lifts (T-bars, button lifts and tows). Skiing runs from 142 m up to 306 m, a vertical drop of 164 m — typical of a local ski hill.
Getting to Birch Hill Ski and Snowboard Area
The nearest airport is Fairbanks International Airport (FAI), about 12 km away in a straight line — roughly 16 minutes by car; Fort Yukon Airport (FYU) is 219 km away. Nearby ski areas include Moose Mountain Ski Resort (34.2 km), Ski Land (Mt Aurora) (20.7 km) and Tubing Hill (0.4 km), which together add 55 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Birch Hill Ski and Snowboard Area
- 1 FAI12 kmstraight line
- 2 FYU219 kmstraight line
- 3 UTO308 kmstraight line
- 4 GKN319 kmstraight line
Nearby
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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.