Double black Fernie, BC
High Saddle drops 414 vertical feet over 658 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 64° about 80 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 northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 45°, High Saddle gets about 32% of the winter sun that flat ground at Fernie does, December through March. That's shadier than 99% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th shadiest named run at Fernie. Its top sits at 5,870 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 lidar from Natural Resources Canada. 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.