home of the Pure Awesomeness Factor Better Data, Better Skiing

Upper Homeward Bound

Green Homewood, CA

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical177 ft
Length752 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesE
Top7,314 ft

Upper Homeward Bound drops 177 vertical feet over 752 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 370 feet below the top. That's steeper than 87% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 49th steepest of 60 named runs at Homewood. It faces east.

How well Upper Homeward Bound holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 14°, Upper Homeward Bound gets about 110% of the winter sun that flat ground at Homewood does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 7th sunniest named run at Homewood. Its top sits at 7,310 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Upper Homeward Bound profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper Homeward Bound 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.