Double black Alpine Meadows, CA
Juniper Face drops 960 vertical feet over 2,083 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 40° about 910 feet below the top. That's steeper than 68% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 33rd steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 28°, Juniper Face gets about 100% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's sunnier than 72% of the runs we've measured, and the 45th sunniest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 8,040 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.