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Nick's Run

Blue Alpine Meadows, CA

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical351 ft
Length1,395 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesNE
Top7,291 ft

Nick's Run drops 351 vertical feet over 1,395 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 43% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 117th steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces northeast.

How well Nick's Run holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 15°, Nick's Run gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's shadier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 70th shadiest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 7,290 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Nick's Run profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Nick's Run elsewhere

Nearby at Alpine Meadows

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.