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Lytton

Blue Boreal, CA

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical293 ft
Length1,498 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesSW
Top7,607 ft

Lytton drops 293 vertical feet over 1,498 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 1,030 feet below the top. That's steeper than 29% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 50th steepest of 71 named runs at Boreal. It faces southwest.

How well Lytton holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 11°, Lytton gets about 123% of the winter sun that flat ground at Boreal does, December through March. That's sunnier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th sunniest named run at Boreal. Its top sits at 7,610 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.

Lytton profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lytton 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.