Double black Alpine Meadows, CA
Upper Cliffs drops 185 vertical feet over 324 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 43° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 84% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 22nd steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 35°, Upper Cliffs gets about 99% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's sunnier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 47th sunniest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 7,750 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.