Double black Alpine Meadows, CA
Estelle Bowl drops 291 vertical feet over 562 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 60 feet below the top. That's steeper than 42% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 58th steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 31°, Estelle Bowl gets about 103% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's sunnier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 43rd sunniest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 8,330 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.
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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.