Northstar at Tahoe Resort ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Northstar at Tahoe Resort is a ski area in California, the United States. Its 125 mapped downhill runs add up to 83 km, which ranks it #23 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.9% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 665 m long.

Slopes at Northstar at Tahoe Resort

About 7% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 57% intermediate and 33% advanced or expert, which makes Northstar at Tahoe Resort best suited to confident and advanced skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 20 lifts: 11 chairlifts, 6 magic carpets, 2 gondolas, 1 button lift. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,920 m up to 2,625 m, a vertical drop of 705 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.

Getting to Northstar at Tahoe Resort

The nearest airport is Truckee Tahoe Airport (TKF), about 6 km away in a straight line — roughly 8 minutes by car; Reno Tahoe International Airport (RNO) is 41 km away. Nearby ski areas include Granlibakken Ski Resort (0.2 km), Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley (66.8 km), Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area and Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area (8.7 km), which together add 152 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.