Double black Alpine Meadows, CA
Counterweight Gully drops 269 vertical feet over 545 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 42° about 300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 78% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 29th steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 30°, Counterweight Gully gets about 38% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's shadier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th shadiest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 8,030 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.