Alyeska Ski Resort in Alaska (US)

Alyeska is considered to be a challenging mountain with a large percentage of expert runs.

Beginners and Intermediates:

With only eleven percent of Alyeska's terrain dedicated to the beginner one may think that the beginner is ignored but Alyeska has two magic carpet lifts for the tots and new beginners with very open terrain.

Advanced Terrain:

There is a ridiculous amount of hike-able in-bound extreme terrain. The problem of course is that it is not easy to hike it but it waits for those dare to take it on. While Headwall stares at you like a temptation, there is really no easy way up and it's often closed anyway. The only consolation is that the summit altitude is low enough so you won't require a third lung.

The prime, lift accessible, advanced terrain is off of chair 1 and the tram on "North Face".

The tree areas are often marked as closed. The best tree skiing is on North Face (not always open due to avalanche danger).

Moguls:

Moguls require many skiers to form turns on the same terrain over and over again. Alyeska is so open and vast with so few skiers that few moguls are formed before another snow dump resets the terrain. If you must look, try in between "Trampline" and "Gail's Gully" under Chair 6.

Hike-able Terrain:

Chilkoots Knoll and Headwall are the only reasonable hike accessible areas. Note that the boundary is enforced. Stay in-bounds. Outside of the Alyeska resort one can hike terrain down the road just past Girdwood (pick a mountain). Turnagain Arm and Valley have terrain just like Alyeska and will most likely already have skin tracks. It is very dangerous if you are not familiar with the snow conditions and it seems that people die each year in a slide.

 
There are three terrain park areas to choose from:

• Pump Station 3: beginner entry level jumps and features - top of chair 7
• The Refinery Terrain Park: intermediate and advanced level with larger and more unique features - chair 7
• Alyeska Pipeline Superpipe: 400 ft long, 55 feet wide with 18 ft high walls! chair 7

Glacier Bowl is the site of the Alyeska summer camp. All of the park features are relocated to the bowl area for long days of riding (remember it's the land of the midnight sun).