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Picture Perfect

Black diamond Castle Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch32°
Vertical1,018 ft
Length2,495 ft
Average pitch24°
FacesE
Top6,375 ft

Picture Perfect drops 1,018 vertical feet over 2,495 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 2,220 feet below the top. That's steeper than 71% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 79th steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces east.

How well Picture Perfect holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 24°, Picture Perfect gets about 100% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 58th sunniest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 6,370 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Picture Perfect profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Picture Perfect 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.