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Race Course

Blue Boreal, CA

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical194 ft
Length752 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesW
Top7,457 ft

Race Course drops 194 vertical feet over 752 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 310 feet below the top. That's steeper than 55% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 37th steepest of 71 named runs at Boreal. It faces west.

How well Race Course holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing west at an average 15°, Race Course gets about 111% of the winter sun that flat ground at Boreal does, December through March. That's sunnier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 17th sunniest named run at Boreal. Its top sits at 7,460 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.

Race Course profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Race Course 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.