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Schusse

Blue Castle Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch28°
Vertical179 ft
Length906 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesE
Top5,089 ft

Schusse drops 179 vertical feet over 906 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 710 feet below the top. That's steeper than 90% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 102nd steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces east.

How well Schusse holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 12°, Schusse gets about 110% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 40th sunniest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 5,090 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.

Schusse profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Schusse 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.