Blue Dodge Ridge, CA
Quicksilver drops 629 vertical feet over 2,992 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 2,110 feet below the top. That's steeper than 30% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 40th steepest of 53 named runs at Dodge Ridge. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 12°, Quicksilver 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 11th sunniest named run at Dodge Ridge. Its top sits at 8,130 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.