Alyeska
Pomeroy LodgingOpened 1959alyeskaresort.com, opens in a new tab
Mountain
How big it is and what the skiing is like, each figure with its U.S. rank.
Lifts: the count the resort advertises; resorts differ on whether surface lifts and carpets are in it.
Terrain · the resort’s own difficulty mix
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- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced + expert
Alyeska publishes three levels, so its top share counts advanced and expert terrain together. · .
Snow and weather
The National Weather Service forecast for the summit and the base, and the snowpack measured nearby. Live: each figure gives its source and time.
Trail map
95 runs · 7 lifts, as mapped in OpenStreetMap
Seen as a trail map shows a mountain: from the base looking uphill, the ground tilted up (heights ×1.5); the arrow points north and the scale holds across the page. Runs and lifts as OpenStreetMap's contributors have mapped them, on the ground from USGS elevation data, with a stronger contour every 500 ft. The key counts the lines OpenStreetMap draws, not the resort's runs.
The resort’s published trail map is not yet collected.
Getting there
Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC) 1 h 1 min
Photos
Photographs of the ski area we may republish, each credited to its photographer. Open one to see it whole.
Passes
The multi-resort passes Alyeska is on, and what each gives here.
Ikon Pass
7 daysIkon Pass: 7 days, no blackouts. Ikon Base Pass: 5 days (blackouts apply). Ikon Session Pass: 2/3/4 total days with blackouts.
Rankings
Where Alyeska stands among the U.S. resorts with each figure, and within Alaska.
- Summit elevation#167 U.S., outside the top 100of 342#2 of 5 in Alaska
- Highest lift-served elevation#216 U.S., outside the top 100of 471#2 of 9 in Alaska
- Base elevation#312 U.S., outside the top 100of 317#5 of 5 in Alaska
- Advertised vertical drop#42 U.S., top 50of 390#1 of 8 in Alaska
- Lift-served vertical#37 U.S., top 50of 305#1 of 5 in Alaska
- Skiable acres#44 U.S., top 50of 319#1 of 7 in Alaska
- Named trails#59 U.S., top 100of 352#1 of 6 in Alaska
- Advanced + expert terrain#77 U.S., top 100of 209#3 of 4 in Alaska
- Beginner runs#118 U.S., outside the top 100of 209#2 of 4 in Alaska
- Total lifts#152 U.S., outside the top 100of 480#1 of 9 in Alaska
- Uphill capacity#52 U.S., top 100of 81
- Average annual snowfall#2 U.S., top 10of 253#1 of 3 in Alaska
- Airport drive#131 U.S., outside the top 100of 506#8 of 11 in Alaska
- Big airport drive#110 U.S., outside the top 100of 505#4 of 10 in Alaska
- Closest airport drive#277 U.S., outside the top 100of 507#10 of 12 in Alaska
Sources
Every figure on this page in one list, and the pages behind each.