Black diamond Alpine Meadows, CA
SP Bowl drops 699 vertical feet over 1,939 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 1,000 feet below the top. That's steeper than 92% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 41st steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 21°, SP Bowl gets about 62% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's shadier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 44th shadiest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 8,250 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.