Black diamond Alpine Meadows, CA
Hot Wheels Gully drops 303 vertical feet over 1,639 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 1,140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 49% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 86th steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 12°, Hot Wheels Gully gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's shadier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 55th shadiest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 7,440 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.