Black diamond Castle Mountain, BC
Showboat drops 288 vertical feet over 594 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 41° about 190 feet below the top. That's steeper than 96% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 30°, Showboat gets about 36% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 99% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd shadiest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 6,640 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.
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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.