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Freestyle Competition Site

Unrated Castle Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch29°
Vertical464 ft
Length1,401 ft
Average pitch20°
FacesE
Top5,230 ft

Freestyle Competition Site drops 464 vertical feet over 1,401 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 1,070 feet below the top. That's steeper than 93% of the 511 unrated runs we've measured in North America, and the 95th steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces east.

How well Freestyle Competition Site holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 20°, Freestyle Competition Site gets about 81% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 50th shadiest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 5,230 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Freestyle Competition Site profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Freestyle Competition Site 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.