Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Alyeska Resort is a ski resort in the Girdwood area of Anchorage, Alaska, approximately 30 miles (48 km) from downtown Anchorage. Mount Alyeska is part of the Chugach mountain range and the Alyeska Resort is the largest ski area in the state. It includes the mountaintop Mt. Alyeska Roundhouse, which is listed on the National Register of ...
The ski season usually runs from late November to late-April at Alaska’s largest ski resort, Alyeska, located just 45 minutes from Anchorage in the Chugach Mountains and the resort town of Girdwood.
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Raggedtop Mountain is located in a subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool summers. [5] Weather systems coming off the Gulf of Alaska are forced upwards by the Chugach Mountains (orographic lift), causing heavy precipitation in the form of rainfall and snowfall.
Comparison table of North American ski resorts Resort name and website Nearest city ... Alyeska Resort: Girdwood: Alaska: 3,939 250 2,500 1,400 73 9 643 $89
Pomeroy Lodging's plan includes building a workforce housing community in one area and a ski village with condominiums and commercial space in another area, near the Hotel Alyeska on ...
Alyeska Resort in Girdwood, the state’s largest ski resort, is just a 45-minute drive east of Anchorage and the only ski resort in North America with mountain, glacier and ocean views. A steep ...
It is located on Ski Bowl Road in Chugach State Park, in the upper Ship Creek valley adjacent to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Its main competitor is Alyeska Resort . The area encompasses nearly 500 acres (2.0 km 2 ) with a base elevation of 2,500 feet (760 m) and rises to almost 4,000 feet (1,200 m) at Rendezvous Peak.
The valley, as viewed from Mount Alyeska. The Alyeska Highway can be seen at right running across the valley. Girdwood is a resort town within the southern extent of the Municipality of Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska.