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Avenger

Blue Castle Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch35°
Vertical804 ft
Length1,842 ft
Average pitch26°
FacesE
Top6,097 ft

Avenger drops 804 vertical feet over 1,842 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 100% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 52nd steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces east.

How well Avenger holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 26°, Avenger gets about 108% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 44th sunniest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 6,100 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.

Avenger profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Avenger elsewhere

Nearby at Castle Mountain

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter lidar from Natural Resources Canada. 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.