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Sidewinder

Blue Castle Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical568 ft
Length1,704 ft
Average pitch20°
FacesE
Top5,710 ft

Sidewinder drops 568 vertical feet over 1,704 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 140 feet below the top. That's steeper than 86% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 112th steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces east.

How well Sidewinder holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 20°, Sidewinder gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 48th shadiest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 5,710 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.

Sidewinder profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Sidewinder 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.