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Cran's Bowl

Black diamond Hemlock Resort, BC

Steepest pitch38°
Vertical460 ft
Length963 ft
Average pitch29°
FacesSE
Top4,252 ft

Cran's Bowl drops 460 vertical feet over 963 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 38° about 330 feet below the top. That's steeper than 93% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 3rd steepest of 34 named runs at Hemlock Resort. It faces southeast.

How well Cran's Bowl holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 29°, Cran's Bowl gets about 131% of the winter sun that flat ground at Hemlock Resort does, December through March. That's sunnier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 18th sunniest named run at Hemlock Resort. Its top sits at 4,250 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.

Cran's Bowl profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Cran's Bowl 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.