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Fall Away

Black diamond Hemlock Resort, BC

Steepest pitch27°
Vertical283 ft
Length914 ft
Average pitch18°
FacesS
Top3,729 ft

Fall Away drops 283 vertical feet over 914 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 470 feet below the top. That's steeper than 33% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 19th steepest of 34 named runs at Hemlock Resort. It faces south.

How well Fall Away holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 18°, Fall Away gets about 156% 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 2nd sunniest named run at Hemlock Resort. Its top sits at 3,730 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.

Fall Away profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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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.