Black diamond Alpine Meadows, CA
Butcher Block Rock drops 335 vertical feet over 644 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 88% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 52nd steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 32°, Butcher Block Rock gets about 50% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's shadier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 30th shadiest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 7,420 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.