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North Bowl

Black diamond Castle Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch33°
Vertical537 ft
Length1,083 ft
Average pitch30°
FacesNE
Top5,773 ft

North Bowl drops 537 vertical feet over 1,083 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 340 feet below the top. That's steeper than 76% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 71st steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well North Bowl holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 30°, North Bowl gets about 69% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd shadiest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 5,770 feet.

Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

North Bowl profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like North Bowl 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.