Green China Peak, CA
Academy drops 1,443 vertical feet over 11,893 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 8,430 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 39th steepest of 54 named runs at China Peak. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 7°, Academy gets about 86% of the winter sun that flat ground at China Peak does, December through March. That's sunnier than 54% of the runs we've measured, and the 15th sunniest named run at China Peak. Its top sits at 8,480 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.
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Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. 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.