Alta or ALTA may refer to:

Acronyms

Alt-A An Alt-A mortgage, short for Alternative A-paper, is a type of U.S. mortgage that, for various reasons, is considered riskier than A-paper, or "prime", and less risky than "subprime," the riskiest category. For these reasons, as well as in some ca ...

, short for Alternative A-paper, is a type of U.S. mortgage * American Land Title Association, a national trade association representing the land title industry * American Literary Translators Association, an association of literary translators in the US * Amur Leopard and Tiger Alliance or ALTA, an initiative to conserve the Amur leopard and Amur tiger * Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association * Australasian Language Technology Association * Accelerated life testing or Accelerated life testing analysis

Places

Canada

* Alta Creek, the official name of the

River of Golden Dreams The River of Golden Dreams, officially Alta Creek, is a short river in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, connecting Alta Lake (south) to Green Lake (north), which is drained by the Green River. The river was named in emulation of the popular son ...

, in Whistler, British Columbia *

Alta Lake (British Columbia) Alta Lake is a lake in the Resort Municipality of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Originally named Summit Lake, Alta Lake was renamed to avoid confusion with the many other Summit Lakes in British Columbia. The name is derived from the Sp ...

, a lake in Whistler, British Columbia *

Alta Lake, British Columbia Alta Lake was a recreational community and railway station on the west side of Alta Lake. It is now a neighbourhood of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. The post office was renamed Whistler in 1976 when the area was incorporated as part of the ...

, a community now part of Whistler, British Columbia * Mont Alta, a hill in the Laurentides zone of the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec, that is the basis of the Ski Mont Alta ski hill; see List of former ski areas of Quebec * Alberta, Canada (abbreviation ALTA)

Norway

* Alta, Norway, a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway ** Alta (town), a town in the municipality of Alta in Finnmark county, Norway **

Alta Airport Alta Airport ( no, Alta lufthavn; ) is an international airport serving Alta, a town and municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The airport is located at Elvebakken, east of the city center. It has a single, runway numbered 11/29, ...

, an airport in Finnmark county, Norway ** Alta Church, a church in Alta municipality, Finnmark county, Norway ** Alta controversy, a series of protests over Sámi rights and dam on the Altaelva ** Alta IF, Norwegian football club ** Alta Museum * Altaelva (Alta River), Troms og Finnmark county

Sweden

* Älta, a locality in Nacka Municipality

Ukraine

* Alta (river), a small tributary of the Trubizh in Ukraine

United States

* Alta, California, a community in Placer County, California *

Alta California Alta California ('Upper California'), also known as ('New California') among other names, was a province of New Spain, formally established in 1804. Along with the Baja California peninsula, it had previously comprised the province of , but ...

''("Upper California")'', the Mexican territory that later became the U.S. state of California * Alta, Illinois, a community in Peoria County, Illinois * Alta, Indiana, a community in Vermillion County, Indiana * Alta, Iowa, a city in Buena Vista County, Iowa * Alta, Utah, a town in Salt Lake County, Utah ** Alta Ski Area, a ski area located in the Wasatch Mountains, in Salt Lake County, Utah * Alta, Fayette County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia * Alta, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia *

Alta, Wyoming Alta is a census-designated place (CDP) in Teton County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 394 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Jackson, WY– ID Micropolitan Statistical Area, and it is located between Driggs, Idaho and the G ...

, a community in Teton County, Wyoming *

Alta Lake State Park Alta Lake State Park is a public recreation area located southwest of Pateros, Washington, at the northern end of Alta Lake, in the mountainous northwest interior of the state. The state park and adjacent lake lie beneath towering stone cli ...

, a park in the northwest interior of the state of Washington

People

* Alta (poet) (Alta Gerrey, born 1942), poet and prose writer from Oakland, California * Alta Cohen, Major League Baseball player

Art, entertainment, and media

* ''Alta'' (novel), a 2004 fantasy novel by Mercedes Lackey * Alta, Spanish term equivalent to the dance Saltarello * ''Acqua Alta'', a novel by Donna Leon *

Alta capella An alta cappella or alta musica (Italian), haute musique (French) or just alta was a kind of town wind band found throughout continental Europe from the thirteenth to the eighteenth centuries, which typically consisted of shawms and slide trumpets ...

, a 20th-century musicological term for Renaissance wind ensembles

Businesses

* Alta (vehicles), a defunct Greek manufacturer of cars, light trucks and motorcycles *

Alta Bike Share Motivate LLC (formerly Alta Bicycle Share and also Motivate International Inc.) is a company based in New York City that services bicycle sharing systems and other urban services in the North America. The systems provide a flexible method for co ...

, a provider of bicycle sharing systems in the US and Australia * Alta Car and Engineering Company, an English automobile and a Formula One racing manufacturer *

Alta Group Newspapers Alta Group Newspapers Inc. was a newspaper publisher in the northeastern United States, overseeing three daily newspapers and one weekly newspaper before being bought and broken up by Community Newspaper Company in 1996. The company's flagship p ...

, a defunct newspaper publisher in the northeastern US *

Alta Motors Alta Motors was an American manufacturer of off-road motorcycle, off-road and dual-sport electric motorcycles based in Brisbane, California. History Derek Dorresteyn, whose family has a long presence on the San Francisco motorcycle scene, started ...

, a defunct American manufacturer of electric motorcycles * Alta Newspaper Group, a newspaper publisher in Western Canada and Quebec *

Alta Records ''Alta Records'' was a record label founded in Dallas, Texas in the early 1960s by pioneer, radio personality Jim Lowe. Lowe was a popular DJ who hosted a rhythm and blues program "Kat's Karavan" from the WRR-AM studios located at Fair Park in ...

, Dallas, Texas * Treno Alta Velocità (Italian: High Velocity Train), a special purpose entity formed to plan and construct a high-speed rail network in Italy

Other uses

Alta (dye) Alta ( bn, আলতা ) ( od, ଅଳତା ), alah or mahavar is a red dye that is applied to the hands and feet of women, mainly in the Indian subcontinent. It is applied with a cotton swab or brush to the hands and feet during marriage cere ...

, a red paste used by women in Bangladesh and India, to paint the borders of the feet * MV ''Alta'', a ship that was abandoned at sea in 2018 and ran aground in Ireland in 2020 *

Acqua alta (, ; ) is the term used in Veneto, Italy for the exceptional tide peaks that occur periodically in the northern Adriatic Sea. The peaks reach their maximum in the Venetian Lagoon, where they cause partial flooding of Venice and Chioggia; flood ...

(Italian: "high water"), the term used in Veneto for the exceptional tide peaks that occur periodically in the northern Adriatic Sea