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OK Coral upper

Black diamond Castle Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch33°
Vertical778 ft
Length1,626 ft
Average pitch29°
FacesE
Top6,671 ft

OK Coral upper drops 778 vertical feet over 1,626 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 33° about 280 feet below the top. That's steeper than 75% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 72nd steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces east.

How well OK Coral upper holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 29°, OK Coral upper gets about 106% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 47th sunniest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 6,670 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.

OK Coral upper profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like OK Coral upper 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.