Blue Alpine Meadows, CA
Boomerang (Green Trail) drops 279 vertical feet over 1,016 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 290 feet below the top. That's steeper than 61% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 105th steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 16°, Boomerang (Green Trail) gets about 61% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's shadier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 42nd shadiest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 7,640 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.