Green June Mountain, CA
Desperado drops 221 vertical feet over 3,219 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 9° about 3,010 feet below the top. That's steeper than 13% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 31st steepest of 31 named runs at June Mountain. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 4°, Desperado gets about 92% of the winter sun that flat ground at June Mountain does, December through March. That's sunnier than 62% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd sunniest named run at June Mountain. Its top sits at 9,150 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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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.