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Pot O' Gold

Blue Homewood, CA

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical243 ft
Length2,695 ft
Average pitch5°
FacesN
Top7,161 ft

Pot O' Gold drops 243 vertical feet over 2,695 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 1,480 feet below the top. That's steeper than 9% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 59th steepest of 60 named runs at Homewood. It faces north.

How well Pot O' Gold holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 5°, Pot O' Gold 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 26th shadiest named run at Homewood. Its top sits at 7,160 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.

Pot O' Gold profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Pot O' Gold 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.