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Trapper

Black diamond Castle Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch37°
Vertical793 ft
Length1,582 ft
Average pitch30°
FacesNE
Top6,198 ft

Trapper drops 793 vertical feet over 1,582 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 37° about 1,330 feet below the top. That's steeper than 90% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 40th steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Trapper holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 30°, Trapper gets about 68% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th shadiest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 6,200 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.

Trapper profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Trapper 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.