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Red Dog

Black diamond Hemlock Resort, BC

Steepest pitch37°
Vertical453 ft
Length1,104 ft
Average pitch25°
FacesSE
Top3,975 ft

Red Dog drops 453 vertical feet over 1,104 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 37° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 91% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 6th steepest of 34 named runs at Hemlock Resort. It faces southeast.

How well Red Dog holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 25°, Red Dog gets about 150% 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 7th sunniest named run at Hemlock Resort. Its top sits at 3,980 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.

Red Dog 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.