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Huckleberry Ridge

Black diamond Castle Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch33°
Vertical714 ft
Length1,926 ft
Average pitch22°
FacesNE
Top6,913 ft

Huckleberry Ridge drops 714 vertical feet over 1,926 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 1,460 feet below the top. That's steeper than 74% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 76th steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Huckleberry Ridge holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 22°, Huckleberry Ridge gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 33rd shadiest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 6,910 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Huckleberry Ridge profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Huckleberry Ridge 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.