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Happy Hooker

Black diamond Hemlock Resort, BC

Steepest pitch32°
Vertical506 ft
Length1,334 ft
Average pitch23°
FacesSE
Top4,075 ft

Happy Hooker drops 506 vertical feet over 1,334 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 32° about 550 feet below the top. That's steeper than 70% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 14th steepest of 34 named runs at Hemlock Resort. It faces southeast.

How well Happy Hooker holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 23°, Happy Hooker gets about 147% of the winter sun that flat ground at Hemlock Resort does, December through March. That's sunnier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th sunniest named run at Hemlock Resort. Its top sits at 4,070 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.

Happy Hooker profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Happy Hooker 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.