Blue Dodge Ridge, CA
Alley Way drops 157 vertical feet over 551 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 90 feet below the top. That's steeper than 57% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 27th steepest of 53 named runs at Dodge Ridge. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 17°, Alley Way gets about 95% of the winter sun that flat ground at Dodge Ridge does, December through March. That's sunnier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th sunniest named run at Dodge Ridge. Its top sits at 7,140 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.