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Tamarack Bowl

Black diamond Castle Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch36°
Vertical203 ft
Length364 ft
Average pitch34°
FacesNE
Top6,864 ft

Tamarack Bowl drops 203 vertical feet over 364 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 50 feet below the top. That's steeper than 89% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 46th steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Tamarack Bowl holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northeast at an average 34°, Tamarack Bowl gets about 35% 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 2nd shadiest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 6,860 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.

Tamarack Bowl profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Tamarack Bowl 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.