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Miner's Delight

Blue Homewood, CA

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical714 ft
Length2,598 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesN
Top7,820 ft

Miner's Delight drops 714 vertical feet over 2,598 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 1,750 feet below the top. That's steeper than 66% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 35th steepest of 60 named runs at Homewood. It faces north.

How well Miner's Delight holds snow

Snow preservationExcellent

Facing north at an average 16°, Miner's Delight gets about 59% of the winter sun that flat ground at Homewood does, December through March. That's shadier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th shadiest named run at Homewood. Its top sits at 7,820 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.

Miner's Delight profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Miner's Delight 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.