Double black Alpine Meadows, CA
Gunner's Knob drops 238 vertical feet over 474 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 67% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 35th steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 31°, Gunner's Knob gets about 34% 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 14th shadiest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 7,210 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.