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Tumbleweed

Green Castle Mountain, BC

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical968 ft
Length3,815 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesNE
Top5,723 ft

Tumbleweed drops 968 vertical feet over 3,815 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 3,120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 91% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 131st steepest of 140 named runs at Castle Mountain. It faces northeast.

How well Tumbleweed holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing northeast at an average 15°, Tumbleweed gets about 60% of the winter sun that flat ground at Castle Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th shadiest named run at Castle Mountain. Its top sits at 5,720 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.

Tumbleweed profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Tumbleweed 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.