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Outrider

Blue Castle Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical620 ft
Length1,763 ft
Average pitch21°
FacesNE
Top5,646 ft

Outrider drops 620 vertical feet over 1,763 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 180 feet below the top. That's steeper than 89% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 109th steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Outrider holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northeast at an average 21°, Outrider gets about 61% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 13th shadiest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 5,650 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.

Outrider profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Outrider 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.