Double black Alpine Meadows, CA
Ridge Nose drops 181 vertical feet over 442 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 43% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 57th steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 25°, Ridge Nose gets about 79% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's shadier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 68th shadiest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 8,140 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.
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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.