Blue Dodge Ridge, CA
Stagecoach drops 626 vertical feet over 2,999 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 1,380 feet below the top. That's steeper than 38% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 36th steepest of 53 named runs at Dodge Ridge. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 12°, Stagecoach gets about 100% of the winter sun that flat ground at Dodge Ridge does, December through March. That's sunnier than 71% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th sunniest named run at Dodge Ridge. Its top sits at 8,120 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.