Blue China Peak, CA
Red Fir, Tamarack drops 3 vertical feet over 144 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 6° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 1% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 47th steepest of 54 named runs at China Peak. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 1°, Red Fir, Tamarack gets about 99% of the winter sun that flat ground at China Peak does, December through March. That's sunnier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th sunniest named run at China Peak. Its top sits at 7,710 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.