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Dusk

Black diamond Castle Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical231 ft
Length787 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesE
Top4,932 ft

Dusk drops 231 vertical feet over 787 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 680 feet below the top. That's steeper than 41% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 103rd steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces east.

How well Dusk holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 17°, Dusk gets about 104% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 52nd sunniest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 4,930 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.

Dusk profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Dusk 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.