Black diamond Hemlock Resort, BC
Christmas Trees drops 359 vertical feet over 885 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 35° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 85% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 7th steepest of 34 named runs at Hemlock Resort. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 24°, Christmas Trees gets about 104% of the winter sun that flat ground at Hemlock Resort does, December through March. That's sunnier than 75% of the runs we've measured, and the 30th sunniest named run at Hemlock Resort. Its top sits at 4,160 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.