Double black Alpine Meadows, CA
Our Father drops 51 vertical feet over 236 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 200 feet below the top. That's steeper than 48% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 52nd steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 13°, Our Father gets about 49% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's shadier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 28th shadiest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 8,030 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.