East Ridge to Skid Trail to Lumberjack is a ski run of varying difficulties located at Northstar California Resort. The trails run from the summit of Mt. Pluto down to the bottom of the Comstock Express chairlift. The run begins to the skier's right of the top of the Comstock Express on East Ridge, an intermediate trail that gently traverses across the top of Mt. Pluto. The trail eventually reaches an intersection where I stayed to the left to ski onto Skid Trail, a gentle beginner trail that runs straight down the mountain. Coming to another intersection, I stayed to the far right to ski onto Lumberjack, another beginner trail that runs straight down the mountain before arriving at the bottom of the Comstock Express.
Northstar California Resort is a ski resort located near Truckee, California. The resort is located in between the towns of Truckee and Kings Beach, which is located on the shores of Lake Tahoe, just off of California State Route 267, just miles south of Interstate 80, and west of the border with Nevada. The resort is located about a 50-minute drive southwest of Reno, a 2-hour drive northeast of Sacramento, a 3-hour and 20-minute drive northeast of San Fransico/Oakland, and a 4-hour drive northeast of San Jose. The resort is broken into multiple separate sections each with a distinct terrain style: the eastern edge of the resort is home to Northstar's Terrain Parks/Pipes, an area dedicated almost exclusively to terrain parks and ski competitions; Mt. Pluto is the main peak at the resort and features a wide variety of trails spread across different sections with the lower half home to a variety of beginner terrain, the frontside being mostly dedicated to intermediates and the Backside featuring some of the resort's most sustained and steep pitches with a variety of advanced and upper-intermediate terrain; the Zephyr area of the mountain is home to a collection of mostly intermediate cruisers located on the western side of Mt. Pluto; and Lookout Mountain which features mostly ungroomed advanced terrain as well as an intermediate trail and the exclusive Martis Camp Lodge, which is reserved for club members. The resort is owned by Vail Resorts and is therefore a destination on the company's Epic Pass.
Vertical: 1,245 ft
Length: 1.67 mi
Filmed on March 8, 2023
Filmed on the GoPro Hero 9 Black with the Max Lens Mod attached
