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Centre

Blue Castle Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical1,130 ft
Length3,124 ft
Average pitch21°
FacesE
Top5,756 ft

Centre drops 1,130 vertical feet over 3,124 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 420 feet below the top. That's steeper than 98% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 85th steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces east.

How well Centre holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 21°, Centre gets about 91% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 84th sunniest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 5,760 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Centre profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Centre 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.