Double black Alpine Meadows, CA
Face Cliffs drops 162 vertical feet over 271 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 43° about 100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 83% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 23rd steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 38°, Face Cliffs gets about 36% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's shadier than 99% of the runs we've measured, and the 17th shadiest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 7,770 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.