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Kolby's

Blue Homewood, CA

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical315 ft
Length1,468 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesNW
Top7,875 ft

Kolby's drops 315 vertical feet over 1,468 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 1,280 feet below the top. That's steeper than 41% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 47th steepest of 60 named runs at Homewood. It faces northwest.

How well Kolby's holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northwest at an average 12°, Kolby's gets about 71% of the winter sun that flat ground at Homewood does, December through March. That's shadier than 69% of the runs we've measured, and the 27th shadiest named run at Homewood. Its top sits at 7,880 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.

Kolby's profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Kolby's elsewhere

Nearby at Homewood

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.