Black diamond Castle Mountain, BC
Larch drops 564 vertical feet over 1,293 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 160 feet below the top. That's steeper than 54% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 93rd steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 26°, Larch gets about 77% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 60% of the runs we've measured, and the 43rd shadiest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 6,940 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.
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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.