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Bobby's Run

Blue Alpine Meadows, CA

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical445 ft
Length1,387 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesSW
Top8,041 ft

Bobby's Run drops 445 vertical feet over 1,387 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 310 feet below the top. That's steeper than 89% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 91st steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces southwest.

How well Bobby's Run holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 19°, Bobby's Run gets about 131% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's sunnier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th sunniest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 8,040 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Bobby's Run profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Bobby's Run elsewhere

Nearby at Alpine Meadows

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.