Double black (off-piste) Alpine Meadows, CA
Treeline Cirque Left drops 174 vertical feet over 249 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 50° about 100 feet below the top. That's steeper than 98% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 46°, Treeline Cirque Left gets about 21% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's shadier than 100% of the runs we've measured, and the shadiest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 7,940 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.