Double black Alpine Meadows, CA
Peter's Peril drops 300 vertical feet over 509 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 43° about 90 feet below the top. That's steeper than 85% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 21st steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 36°, Peter's Peril gets about 42% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's shadier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the 23rd shadiest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 8,080 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.