Double black Alpine Meadows, CA
Estelle Gully drops 422 vertical feet over 813 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 62% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 38th steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 32°, Estelle Gully gets about 55% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's shadier than 89% of the runs we've measured, and the 37th shadiest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 8,410 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.