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Snags

Blue Hemlock Resort, BC

Steepest pitch30°
Vertical742 ft
Length3,148 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesS
Top4,318 ft

Snags drops 742 vertical feet over 3,148 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 2,780 feet below the top. That's steeper than 96% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 34 named runs at Hemlock Resort. It faces south.

How well Snags holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 14°, Snags gets about 154% 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 4th sunniest named run at Hemlock Resort. Its top sits at 4,320 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.

Snags profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Snags 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.