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Roddy's

Blue Hemlock Resort, BC

Steepest pitch25°
Vertical772 ft
Length2,348 ft
Average pitch19°
FacesS
Top4,198 ft

Roddy's drops 772 vertical feet over 2,348 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 680 feet below the top. That's steeper than 78% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 22nd steepest of 34 named runs at Hemlock Resort. It faces south.

How well Roddy's holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 19°, Roddy's gets about 152% 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 6th sunniest named run at Hemlock Resort. Its top sits at 4,200 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.

Roddy's profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Roddy's 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.