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Groove Park

Green Heavenly, CA

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical286 ft
Length1,881 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesSE
Top8,320 ft

Groove Park drops 286 vertical feet over 1,881 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 280 feet below the top. That's steeper than 63% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 111th steepest of 124 named runs at Heavenly. It faces southeast.

How well Groove Park holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 9°, Groove Park gets about 116% of the winter sun that flat ground at Heavenly does, December through March. That's sunnier than 84% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th sunniest named run at Heavenly. Its top sits at 8,320 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Groove Park profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Groove Park elsewhere

Nearby at Heavenly

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.