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Ridgeview

Black diamond Hemlock Resort, BC

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical699 ft
Length3,399 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesSE
Top4,254 ft

Ridgeview drops 699 vertical feet over 3,399 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 3,080 feet below the top. That's steeper than 56% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 34 named runs at Hemlock Resort. It faces southeast.

How well Ridgeview holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 12°, Ridgeview gets about 128% of the winter sun that flat ground at Hemlock Resort does, December through March. That's sunnier than 91% of the runs we've measured, and the 21st 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.

Ridgeview profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Ridgeview 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.