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Duck's Quack

Blue Boreal, CA

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical198 ft
Length950 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesSE
Top7,536 ft

Duck's Quack drops 198 vertical feet over 950 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 58% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 35th steepest of 71 named runs at Boreal. It faces southeast.

How well Duck's Quack holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 12°, Duck's Quack gets about 119% of the winter sun that flat ground at Boreal does, December through March. That's sunnier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th sunniest named run at Boreal. Its top sits at 7,540 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.

Duck's Quack profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Duck's Quack elsewhere

Nearby at Boreal

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.