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Subway

Green Alpine Meadows, CA

Steepest pitch10°
Vertical118 ft
Length1,364 ft
Average pitch5°
FacesNW
Top6,971 ft

Subway drops 118 vertical feet over 1,364 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 10° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 21% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 131st steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces northwest.

How well Subway holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 5°, Subway gets about 88% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's sunnier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 55th sunniest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 6,970 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.

Subway profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Subway elsewhere

Nearby at Alpine Meadows

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.