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Lynx

Black diamond Castle Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch34°
Vertical390 ft
Length798 ft
Average pitch30°
FacesE
Top5,300 ft

Lynx drops 390 vertical feet over 798 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 90 feet below the top. That's steeper than 81% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 59th steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces east.

How well Lynx holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 30°, Lynx gets about 88% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 92nd sunniest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 5,300 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Lynx profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lynx 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.