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Rock It

Black diamond Castle Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch37°
Vertical1,088 ft
Length2,426 ft
Average pitch27°
FacesE
Top6,420 ft

Rock It drops 1,088 vertical feet over 2,426 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 37° about 830 feet below the top. That's steeper than 89% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 44th steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces east.

How well Rock It holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 27°, Rock It gets about 85% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 98th sunniest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 6,420 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Rock It profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Rock It 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.