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Ore Car

Blue Homewood, CA

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical599 ft
Length4,992 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesNE
Top6,920 ft

Ore Car drops 599 vertical feet over 4,992 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 3,180 feet below the top. That's steeper than 41% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 48th steepest of 60 named runs at Homewood. It faces northeast.

How well Ore Car holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing northeast at an average 7°, Ore Car gets about 75% of the winter sun that flat ground at Homewood does, December through March. That's shadier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 30th shadiest named run at Homewood. Its top sits at 6,920 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.

Ore Car profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Ore Car 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.