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Paradise

Blue Castle Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical389 ft
Length1,316 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesE
Top5,928 ft

Paradise drops 389 vertical feet over 1,316 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 1,230 feet below the top. That's steeper than 65% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 125th steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces east.

How well Paradise holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing east at an average 17°, Paradise gets about 120% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 30th sunniest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 5,930 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.

Paradise profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Paradise 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.