Black diamond Alpine Meadows, CA
Wolverine drops 601 vertical feet over 2,427 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 840 feet below the top. That's steeper than 56% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 80th steepest of 132 named runs at Alpine Meadows. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 15°, Wolverine gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Alpine Meadows does, December through March. That's shadier than 68% of the runs we've measured, and the 54th shadiest named run at Alpine Meadows. Its top sits at 8,330 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.