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Twilight Zone

Blue Alpine Meadows, CA

Steepest pitch25°
Vertical533 ft
Length1,638 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesSW
Top8,080 ft

Twilight Zone drops 533 vertical feet over 1,638 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 630 feet below the top. That's steeper than 75% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 100th steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces southwest.

How well Twilight Zone holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 19°, Twilight Zone gets about 118% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's sunnier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 27th sunniest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 8,080 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Twilight Zone profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Twilight Zone 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.