Black diamond Alpine Meadows, CA
East Palisades drops 335 vertical feet over 575 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 45° about 110 feet below the top. That's steeper than 99% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 18th steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 36°, East Palisades gets about 29% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's shadier than 100% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th shadiest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 8,470 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.