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Gambler

Double black Castle Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch39°
Vertical1,172 ft
Length2,448 ft
Average pitch29°
FacesSE
Top6,769 ft

Gambler drops 1,172 vertical feet over 2,448 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 640 feet below the top. That's steeper than 62% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 26th steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Gambler holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 29°, Gambler gets about 152% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 99% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th sunniest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 6,770 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.

Gambler profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Gambler 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.