Black diamond Alpine Meadows, CA
The Face drops 434 vertical feet over 1,120 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 390 feet below the top. That's steeper than 79% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 67th steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 23°, The Face gets about 66% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's shadier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 47th shadiest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 7,830 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.