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Magnificent 7

Black diamond Castle Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch38°
Vertical944 ft
Length2,642 ft
Average pitch21°
FacesE
Top6,310 ft

Magnificent 7 drops 944 vertical feet over 2,642 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 2,400 feet below the top. That's steeper than 92% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 33rd steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces east.

How well Magnificent 7 holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 21°, Magnificent 7 gets about 115% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 35th sunniest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 6,310 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.

Magnificent 7 profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Magnificent 7 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.