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Minus 2

Double black Castle Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch61°
Vertical839 ft
Length1,633 ft
Average pitch32°
FacesSE
Top6,831 ft

Minus 2 drops 839 vertical feet over 1,633 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 61° about 230 feet below the top. That's steeper than 100% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces southeast.

How well Minus 2 holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 32°, Minus 2 gets about 166% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 100% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th sunniest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 6,830 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.

Minus 2 profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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.