Double black Hemlock Resort, BC
The Face drops 309 vertical feet over 695 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 40° about 520 feet below the top. That's steeper than 69% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 34 named runs at Hemlock Resort. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 27°, The Face gets about 112% of the winter sun that flat ground at Hemlock Resort does, December through March. That's sunnier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 25th 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.
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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.