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Mustang Glades

Black diamond Castle Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch33°
Vertical799 ft
Length1,974 ft
Average pitch24°
FacesE
Top6,026 ft

Mustang Glades drops 799 vertical feet over 1,974 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 580 feet below the top. That's steeper than 74% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 75th steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces east.

How well Mustang Glades holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 24°, Mustang Glades gets about 90% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 60% of the runs we've measured, and the 90th sunniest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 6,030 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.

Mustang Glades profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Mustang Glades 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.