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Lone Star

Double black Castle Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch42°
Vertical1,510 ft
Length3,055 ft
Average pitch30°
FacesSE
Top7,210 ft

Lone Star drops 1,510 vertical feet over 3,055 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 42° about 930 feet below the top. That's steeper than 79% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 7th steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Lone Star holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 30°, Lone Star 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 20th sunniest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 7,210 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.

Lone Star profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lone Star 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.