Blue China Peak, CA
Tamarack drops 694 vertical feet over 2,323 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 170 feet below the top. That's steeper than 79% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 54 named runs at China Peak. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 18°, Tamarack gets about 64% of the winter sun that flat ground at China Peak does, December through March. That's shadier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th shadiest named run at China Peak. Its top sits at 8,400 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.
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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.