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High Noon

Blue Castle Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch26°
Vertical669 ft
Length1,924 ft
Average pitch20°
FacesSE
Top6,954 ft

High Noon drops 669 vertical feet over 1,924 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 30 feet below the top. That's steeper than 80% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 116th steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well High Noon holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 20°, High Noon gets about 132% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 19th sunniest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 6,950 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.

High Noon profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like High Noon 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.