Black diamond Castle Mountain, BC
Northern Delight drops 445 vertical feet over 922 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 170 feet below the top. That's steeper than 93% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 30th steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 29°, Northern Delight gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 31st shadiest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 5,820 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.
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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.