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Pac-Man

Double black Heavenly, CA

Steepest pitch43°
Vertical369 ft
Length758 ft
Average pitch30°
FacesSE
Top8,777 ft

Pac-Man drops 369 vertical feet over 758 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 43° about 190 feet below the top. That's steeper than 82% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 6th steepest of 124 named runs at Heavenly. It faces southeast.

How well Pac-Man holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 30°, Pac-Man gets about 126% of the winter sun that flat ground at Heavenly does, December through March. That's sunnier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd sunniest named run at Heavenly. Its top sits at 8,780 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.

Pac-Man profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Pac-Man 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.