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Ghost Rider Glades

Black diamond Castle Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical642 ft
Length1,981 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesE
Top5,714 ft

Ghost Rider Glades drops 642 vertical feet over 1,981 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 1,830 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 Ghost Rider Glades holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 19°, Ghost Rider Glades gets about 110% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 41st sunniest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 5,710 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.

Ghost Rider Glades profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Ghost Rider Glades 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.