Double black Alpine Meadows, CA
Beaver Bowl drops 208 vertical feet over 799 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 22% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 82nd steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 15°, Beaver Bowl gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's shadier than 65% of the runs we've measured, and the 57th shadiest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 8,020 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap and can sit a little off the skied path.