Double black Alpine Meadows, CA
Three Sisters drops 413 vertical feet over 688 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 42° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 79% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 28th steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 37°, Three Sisters gets about 57% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's shadier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 38th shadiest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 8,000 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.