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Charity

Blue Alpine Meadows, CA

Steepest pitch7°
Vertical5 ft
Length204 ft
Average pitch2°
FacesE
Top7,664 ft

Charity drops 5 vertical feet over 204 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 7° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 1% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 132nd steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces east.

How well Charity holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 2°, Charity gets about 104% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's sunnier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 41st sunniest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 7,660 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Charity profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Charity 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.