Alpine CS2 Map Guide: Layout and Callouts (Competitive)

The Alpine CS2 map is a community hostage map set in a modern ski resort in the mountains. It is not a bomb map. Counter-Terrorists must reach the hostages and bring them out, while Terrorists defend. Valve added it to official matchmaking in January 2026.

What is the Alpine CS2 map?

Alpine uses the cs_ prefix, which marks hostage maps in Counter-Strike. There are no A or B bombsites. Instead, the hostages are held inside the resort and the CTs must carry them to a rescue zone.

Valve added Alpine to Competitive, Casual and Deathmatch on 21 January 2026. Warden and Stronghold arrived the same day. Alpine was never part of the Active Duty pool, so it was never in Premier. See our CS2 map pool guide for how the pools differ.

Is Alpine still in CS2?

Guides published in September 2026 say Valve removed Alpine from official rotation in July 2026, together with Warden and Stronghold. We could not read Valve's own note for that date, so treat it as reported. The map is still listed on the Steam Workshop, according to those guides.

Before you queue, open the play menu and check whether Alpine is in the map list for each mode. If it is not, you can still load it from the Workshop. Our Workshop maps guide shows how.

How hostage maps work

Hostage rounds flip the usual roles. On a bomb map, Terrorists must attack. On a hostage map, Counter-Terrorists must attack, because they have to reach the hostages and then get them out. Terrorists can win by stopping that from happening.

• CTs push into the building, find a hostage, pick it up and carry it to the rescue zone.
• Terrorists guard the hostage rooms and watch the routes back to the rescue zone.
• The carry is the risky moment. The carrier is busy, so teammates must cover the path.

If hostage mode is new to you, our guides to Office and Italy show how the classic hostage maps are named and played.

Alpine layout and main areas

Guides describe Alpine as a mix of open lobby spaces and tight corridors. Those corridors join the hostage rooms to the extraction point. The main areas are:

Smaller names differ between guides. Some teams use detailed calls such as Hotel Lobby or Spa Entrance, while others keep it simple. Agree on names with your team. Our communication guide covers how to make calls short.

How to play Alpine

As Counter-Terrorists

You are the attackers here. Pick one hostage area as a team and go together. Use flashes to enter tight corridors, and clear angles before anyone picks up a hostage. When a teammate starts the carry, the rest should walk ahead and behind to cover the route. Our utility basics guide explains each grenade.

As Terrorists

You defend, so time is on your side. Hold the routes into each hostage room, but do not stack so deep that CTs walk out with a hostage unseen. A player who watches mid can call which side the CTs chose. If CTs grab a hostage, cut the path to the rescue zone instead of chasing.

Learning the map

1. Load Alpine from the Workshop and walk from each spawn to each hostage.
2. Walk from each hostage back to the rescue zone and note the danger points.
3. Practise grenades with a lineup tool or a video in a private server. Do not rely on throws you have not tested.

Why Alpine stood out

Most community maps added to CS2 are bomb maps. A new hostage map in Competitive is rarer, which made Alpine interesting to players who enjoy that mode. If you want more context on how community maps rotate, read our community maps overview.

Sources and checks

The January 2026 additions were checked on 1 November 2026 against Dust2.us coverage of the 21 January 2026 update. Setting and layout were checked against swap.gg and Winio's Alpine guide, which also reports the July 2026 removal.

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