Black diamond Hemlock Resort, BC
Big Dog drops 604 vertical feet over 1,774 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 560 feet below the top. That's steeper than 26% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 21st steepest of 34 named runs at Hemlock Resort. It faces south.
Facing south at an average 20°, Big Dog gets about 160% 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 sunniest named run at Hemlock Resort. Its top sits at 4,210 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.
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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.