Double black Castle Mountain, BC
Goat Glades drops 776 vertical feet over 1,921 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 680 feet below the top. That's steeper than 67% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 21st steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 24°, Goat Glades gets about 97% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 68% of the runs we've measured, and the 66th sunniest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 5,680 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.
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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.