Blue Alpine Meadows, CA
Howard's Hollow drops 181 vertical feet over 757 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 96% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 80th steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 14°, Howard's Hollow gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's shadier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 56th shadiest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 8,070 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.