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Outrigger

Black diamond Hemlock Resort, BC

Steepest pitch31°
Vertical333 ft
Length838 ft
Average pitch24°
FacesSE
Top3,775 ft

Outrigger drops 333 vertical feet over 838 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 67% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 15th steepest of 34 named runs at Hemlock Resort. It faces southeast.

How well Outrigger holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 24°, Outrigger gets about 141% of the winter sun that flat ground at Hemlock Resort does, December through March. That's sunnier than 96% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th sunniest named run at Hemlock Resort. Its top sits at 3,770 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.

Outrigger profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Outrigger 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.