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Second Creek

Blue Homewood, CA

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical507 ft
Length2,288 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesNE
Top7,404 ft

Second Creek drops 507 vertical feet over 2,288 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 450 feet below the top. That's steeper than 63% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 38th steepest of 60 named runs at Homewood. It faces northeast.

How well Second Creek holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 13°, Second Creek gets about 80% of the winter sun that flat ground at Homewood does, December through March. That's shadier than 54% of the runs we've measured, and the 36th shadiest named run at Homewood. Its top sits at 7,400 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Second Creek profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Second Creek 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.