Double black Alpine Meadows, CA
Murhpy's Mistake drops 528 vertical feet over 874 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 47° about 140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 94% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 38°, Murhpy's Mistake gets about 104% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's sunnier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 41st sunniest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 7,900 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.