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Mouse Trap

Black diamond Castle Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch32°
Vertical248 ft
Length584 ft
Average pitch25°
FacesE
Top5,511 ft

Mouse Trap drops 248 vertical feet over 584 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 180 feet below the top. That's steeper than 72% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 78th steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces east.

How well Mouse Trap holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 25°, Mouse Trap gets about 85% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 100th sunniest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 5,510 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.

Mouse Trap profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Mouse Trap 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.