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Abominable

Blue Hemlock Resort, BC

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical671 ft
Length1,937 ft
Average pitch20°
FacesSE
Top4,205 ft

Abominable drops 671 vertical feet over 1,937 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 71% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 23rd steepest of 34 named runs at Hemlock Resort. It faces southeast.

How well Abominable holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 20°, Abominable gets about 154% of the winter sun that flat ground at Hemlock Resort does, December through March. That's sunnier than 99% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Hemlock Resort. Its top sits at 4,200 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.

Abominable profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Abominable elsewhere

Nearby at Hemlock Resort

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.