Blue Kirkwood, CA
Herringbone Straight drops 423 vertical feet over 2,271 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 790 feet below the top. That's steeper than 48% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 44th steepest of 58 named runs at Kirkwood. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 11°, Herringbone Straight gets about 102% of the winter sun that flat ground at Kirkwood does, December through March. That's sunnier than 74% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Kirkwood. Its top sits at 8,670 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.