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Sheriff

Black diamond Castle Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch39°
Vertical739 ft
Length1,663 ft
Average pitch27°
FacesNE
Top7,140 ft

Sheriff drops 739 vertical feet over 1,663 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 39° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 94% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 24th steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Sheriff holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 27°, Sheriff gets about 75% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 38th shadiest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 7,140 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.

Sheriff profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sheriff 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.