Northstar California
Truckee · near Truckee · Sierra Nevada / Yosemite
Skiing & Snowboarding
At a glance
- Pass
- epic
- Vertical
- 2280
- Size
- 3,170 acres
- Season
- Mid-November–late April · Consistent mid-season snow from storm track position
What is here
- Best for
- Families · Intermediates · Ski-In/Ski-Out Village · Groomed Runs
Worth knowing
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Skiing & Snowboarding detail
- Summit
- 8610
- Lifts
- 20
- Avg snowfall
- 350 inches
- Night skiing
- No
- Terrain park
- Yes
- Ski school
- Yes
- On mountain lodging
- Yes
- Signature runs
- Comstock (top-to-bottom) · Promised Land · Village to Summit Gondola
- Intl tip
- The Village at Northstar has the most complete non-skiing winter resort experience in the Tahoe Basin — ice skating rink, restaurants, fire pits, lodging with ski-in/ski-out access. For non-skiing partners or family members, Northstar is the only major Tahoe resort where spending a non-ski day on-property is genuinely enjoyable rather than just tolerating the mountains.
The guide
Northstar is the resort that Vail Resorts built to a specific standard: polished, consistent, groomed to perfection, with a ski…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Northstar California — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 39.2755, -120.1205