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 loan, mortgage that, for various reasons, is considered riskier than A-paper, or "prime", and less risky than "subprime lending, subprime," the riskiest category. For thes ...

, short for Alternative A-paper, is a type of US mortgage *

American Land Title Association The American Land Title Association (ALTA), founded in 1907, is the national trade association representing more than 6,400 title insurance companies, title and settlement agents, independent abstractors, title searchers, and real estate attorn ...

, a national trade association representing the land title industry *

American Literary Translators Association The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) is an organization in the United States dedicated to literary translation. ALTA promotes literary translation through its annual ALTA conference and year-round events structured around the creatio ...

, 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 The Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association (ALTA) is a non-profit organization founded in 1934 that is devoted to the development of tennis for recreation and physical fitness and is pledged to maintain the rules of play and high standard of sportsmanshi ...

Australasian Language Technology Association The Australasian Language Technology Association (ALTA) promotes language technology research and development in Australia and New Zealand. ALTA organises regular events for the exchange of research results and for academic and industrial trainin ...

Accelerated life testing Accelerated life testing is the process of testing a product by subjecting it to conditions ( stress, strain, temperatures, voltage, vibration rate, pressure etc.) in excess of its normal service parameters in an effort to uncover faults and potent ...

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 s ...

, 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 ...

, 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 t ...

, a community that is 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 The Canadian province of Quebec has many ski areas no longer in operation. These include alpine skiing resorts and cross-country skiing stations. Some of these are quite famous or historic. List of alpine ski areas Eastern Townships The Eastern ...

Alberta Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...

, Canada (abbreviation ALTA)

Norway

* Alta Municipality, a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway * Alta (town), a town within Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway * Alta Airport, an airport in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway * Alta Church, a church in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway * Alta Museum, a museum in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway * Altaelva (), a river in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway ** Alta controversy, a series of protests over Sámi rights and dam on the Altaelva

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 ''("Upper California")'', the Mexican territory that later became the US 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, a community in Teton County, Wyoming * Alta Lake State Park, a park in the northwest interior of the state of Washington * Alta Peak, a mountain in the Sequoia National Park

People

* Alta (poet) (Alta Gerrey, 1942–2024), poet and prose writer from Oakland, California * Alta Cohen (1908–2003), Major League Baseball player * Alta Fixsler (2018–2021), subject of best interests case

Art, entertainment, and media

* Alta (novel), ''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, a 20th-century musicological term for Renaissance wind ensembles * Alta IF, a Norwegian football club based in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway

Businesses

* Alta (vehicles), a defunct Greek manufacturer of cars, light trucks and motorcycles * Alta Bike Share, 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, a defunct newspaper publisher in the northeastern US * Alta Motors, a defunct American manufacturer of electric motorcycles * Alta Newspaper Group, a newspaper publisher in Western Canada and Quebec * Alta Records, 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

Ships

* MV Alta, MV ''Alta'', a ship that was abandoned at sea in 2018 and ran aground in Ireland in 2020 * , a museum ship in Oslo, Norway

Other uses

* Alta (dye), a red paste used by women in Bangladesh, India and Nepal to paint the borders of the feet * Acqua alta (Italian: "high water"), the term used in Veneto for the exceptional tide peaks that occur periodically in the northern Adriatic Sea