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Third Creek

Blue Homewood, CA

Steepest pitch22°
Vertical298 ft
Length1,440 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesE
Top7,563 ft

Third Creek drops 298 vertical feet over 1,440 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 22° about 220 feet below the top. That's steeper than 53% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 43rd steepest of 60 named runs at Homewood. It faces east.

How well Third Creek holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing east at an average 12°, Third Creek gets about 90% of the winter sun that flat ground at Homewood does, December through March. That's sunnier than 60% of the runs we've measured, and the 20th sunniest named run at Homewood. Its top sits at 7,560 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.

Third Creek profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Third 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.