Double black Alpine Meadows, CA
Piston Bulley Slope drops 301 vertical feet over 603 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 170 feet below the top. That's steeper than 49% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 50th steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces southeast.
Facing southeast at an average 30°, Piston Bulley Slope gets about 135% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's sunnier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th sunniest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 8,180 feet.
Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. 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.