Double black Alpine Meadows, CA
Subway Cliffs drops 270 vertical feet over 475 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 53° about 200 feet below the top. That's steeper than 100% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 35°, Subway Cliffs gets about 58% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's shadier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 40th shadiest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 7,390 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.