Eaglecrest Ski Area, United States
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About Eaglecrest Ski Area
Village 341 m. Facts: verified.
A ski resort with its village at 341 m and its top at 794 m. It has 17 km of runs and 3 lifts, as mapped on OpenStreetMap. The runs drop 444 m, from 794 m to 350 m. For beginners and families: 74% of the km of runs are green or blue (beginner to intermediate). For experts: 4 km of advanced, expert and freeride runs. It is usually in season from December to April. The snow is usually deepest in March, about 7.5 m at the top (794 m). For skiers the best months are usually January, February, March and December, with about 7 good days in 7. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Juneau.
Eaglecrest Ski Area is a public ski area on Douglas Island in the U.S. state of Alaska, across Gastineau Channel from Juneau. The area is owned and operated by Juneau's municipal government. Eaglecrest has 3 double chairlifts accessing 640 acres (2.6 km2), with 36 marked alpine runs, two Nordic skiing loops, and access to world-class backcountry. Vertical drop is 1,620 ft (490 m) with an average snowfall of 320" and a record snowfall of 640" in 2011.
Southeast Alaska's only ski area, Eaglecrest's season generally runs from the first weekend of December through mid-April.
From the Wikipedia article Eaglecrest Ski Area, shortened. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
The ski area
Runs from 350 m to 794 m: 444 m of vertical. 17 km of runs and 3 lifts, as mapped on OpenStreetMap for Eaglecrest Ski Area.
| Easy | 5.8 km |
|---|---|
| Intermediate | 6.9 km |
| Advanced | 4.4 km |
| Chairlifts | 3 |
|---|
Measured along each mapped run, so it can differ from the resort's own figure. Ski area data © OpenSkiMap.org and OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
For families
74% of the km of runs are green or blue (beginner to intermediate).
No public pool, ice rink, leisure centre, ski school or childcare is mapped within 5 km of the village. That may mean nobody has mapped them yet.
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Lifts closed for the season. They usually open about 25 November.
Forecast
The score, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoor
| Day | Score | Fresh72 h | Depthtop, mid, base | Coldestat top | Windat top |
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| Sun 18Oct | 0, poor | 0 cm | 0.6 mmid 0 mbase 0 m | 1°C | wind, 4 knots |
| Mon 19Oct | 0, poor | 2 cm | 0.6 mmid 0 mbase 0 m | 1°C | wind, 7 knots |
| Tue 20Oct | 0, poor | 2 cm | 0.6 mmid 0 mbase 0 m | 2°C | wind, 26 knots |
| Wed 21Oct | 0, poor | 2 cm | 0.6 mmid 0 mbase 0 m | 1°C | wind, 13 knots |
| Thu 22Oct | 0, poor | 0 cm | 0.7 mmid 0 mbase 0 m | 0°C | wind, 4 knots |
| Fri 23Oct | 0, poor | 1 cm | 0.7 mmid 0 mbase 0 m | 0°C | wind, 3 knots |
| Sat 24Oct | 0, poor | 1 cm | 0.7 mmid 0 mbase 0 m | -2°C | wind, 4 knots |
| Sun 25Oct | 0, poor | 1 cm | 0.7 mmid 0 mbase 0 m | -2°C | wind, 5 knots |
Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to.
Snow by month
| Month | Base341 m | Mid568 m | Top794 m | Coldestat the top |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul | none | 0.1 m | 4.9 m | 8°C |
| Aug | none | none | 4.8 m | 7°C |
| Sep | none | none | 4.8 m | 4°C |
| Oct | none | 0.1 m | 4.9 m | 0°C |
| Nov | 0.3 m | 0.6 m | 5.5 m | -5°C |
| Dec | 1.1 m | 1.5 m | 6.3 m | -6°C |
| Jan | 1.6 m | 2.0 m | 6.8 m | -5°C |
| Feb | 2.1 m | 2.6 m | 7.3 m | -7°C |
| Mar | 2.1 m | 2.8 m | 7.5 m | -5°C |
| Apr | 2.1 m | 2.7 m | 7.5 m | -2°C |
| May | 1.4 m | 2.2 m | 7.2 m | 2°C |
| Jun | 0.1 m | 1.0 m | 6.1 m | 6°C |
Typical snow on the ground in the village, halfway up and at the top: the middle value over 2016 to 2025, from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the grid cell nearest each height. Not a forecast, and not the groomed pistes: resorts make snow lower down.
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- Tue 20 OctLifts closed
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- Wed 21 OctLifts closed
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- Thu 22 OctLifts closed
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- Fri 23 OctLifts closed
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- Sat 24 OctLifts closed
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