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Bandito Trees

Unrated Castle Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch32°
Vertical723 ft
Length1,732 ft
Average pitch25°
FacesE
Top7,017 ft

Bandito Trees drops 723 vertical feet over 1,732 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 30 feet below the top. That's steeper than 95% of the 511 unrated runs we've measured in North America, and the 79th steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces east.

How well Bandito Trees holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 25°, Bandito Trees gets about 118% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 32nd sunniest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 7,020 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.

Bandito Trees profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Bandito Trees 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.