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Upper Mombo

Blue Heavenly, CA

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical190 ft
Length1,014 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesNW
Top8,579 ft

Upper Mombo drops 190 vertical feet over 1,014 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 790 feet below the top. That's steeper than 45% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 89th steepest of 124 named runs at Heavenly. It faces northwest.

How well Upper Mombo holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 11°, Upper Mombo gets about 83% of the winter sun that flat ground at Heavenly does, December through March. That's shadier than 50% of the runs we've measured, and the 77th shadiest named run at Heavenly. Its top sits at 8,580 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Upper Mombo profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper Mombo 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.