Northstar California
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
· ·
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced + expert
Northstar California 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.
Webcams
Live from Northstar California’s own cameras, each in the player the resort’s page uses. Press play to watch; one plays at a time.
3 cameraschecked Sep 30
Northstar Mt. Pluto Summit
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Camera: Northstar California · Brownrice player · from northstarcalifornia.com
Trail map
2025–26 season · artist not stated
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.
Getting there
Reno–Tahoe International (RNO) 55 min · Truckee Tahoe (TKF) 13 min
Photos
Photographs of the ski area we may republish, each credited to its photographer. Open one to see it whole.
Passes, rankings and every number
Each row says what it holds; open one for the figures and their sources.
Passes
Epic (unlimited)Epic (unlimited)
Rankings
15 — #16 lifts15 — #16 lifts, #39 trails, #46 lift vert. in the U.S.
Position among the resorts with a figure; national rank first, state rank second.
- Summit elevation#74 of 341 U.S. · #9 in California
- Highest lift-served elevation#77 of 471 U.S. · #8 in California
- Base elevation#91 of 316 U.S. · #19 in California
- Advertised vertical drop#52 of 388 U.S. · #5 in California
- Lift-served vertical#46 of 304 U.S. · #4 in California
- Skiable acres#12 of 316 U.S. · #4 in California
- Named trails#39 of 347 U.S. · #5 in California
- Longest run#97 of 177 U.S. · #13 in California
- Advanced + expert terrain#142 of 202 U.S. · #14 in California
- Beginner runs#67 of 202 U.S. · #6 in California
- Total lifts#16 of 479 U.S. · #4 in California
- Average annual snowfall#38 of 252 U.S. · #9 in California
- Drive from the fly-in airport#121 of 504 U.S. · #4 in California
- Drive from nearest major airport#92 of 504 U.S. · #4 in California
- Drive from closest airline airport#244 of 506 U.S. · #5 in California