Black diamond Homewood, CA
Blow Off drops 286 vertical feet over 852 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 26° about 240 feet below the top. That's steeper than 31% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 22nd steepest of 60 named runs at Homewood. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 20°, Blow Off gets about 54% of the winter sun that flat ground at Homewood does, December through March. That's shadier than 90% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th shadiest named run at Homewood. Its top sits at 7,490 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. 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.