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Stagecoach Upper

Blue Castle Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical273 ft
Length959 ft
Average pitch17°
FacesNE
Top5,523 ft

Stagecoach Upper drops 273 vertical feet over 959 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 720 feet below the top. That's steeper than 69% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 123rd steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Stagecoach Upper holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northeast at an average 17°, Stagecoach Upper gets about 56% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th shadiest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 5,520 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.

Stagecoach Upper profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Stagecoach Upper 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.