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Sherwood Cliffs

Double black (off-piste) Alpine Meadows, CA

Steepest pitch50°
Vertical242 ft
Length—
Average pitch40°
FacesNW
Top7,966 ft

Sherwood Cliffs drops 242 vertical feet over feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 50°. That's steeper than 99% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 4th steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces northwest.

Where it is on the mountain

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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.