Double black Fernie, BC
Gorbie Bowl drops 1,117 vertical feet over 2,195 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 52° about 930 feet below the top. That's steeper than 100% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 119 named runs at Fernie. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 32°, Gorbie Bowl gets about 96% of the winter sun that flat ground at Fernie does, December through March. That's sunnier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 42nd sunniest named run at Fernie. Its top sits at 5,270 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.