Double black Alpine Meadows, CA
South Beaver drops 238 vertical feet over 736 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 680 feet below the top. That's steeper than 16% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 93rd steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 19°, South Beaver gets about 50% 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 29th shadiest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 8,110 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.