Blue Alpine Meadows, CA
Dancefloor (Red Trail) drops 550 vertical feet over 2,250 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 1,300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 60% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 106th steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 14°, Dancefloor (Red Trail) gets about 67% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's shadier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 49th 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.