Black diamond Kirkwood, CA
Monte Wolfe drops 656 vertical feet over 1,594 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 36° about 200 feet below the top. That's steeper than 87% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 18th steepest of 58 named runs at Kirkwood. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 25°, Monte Wolfe gets about 88% of the winter sun that flat ground at Kirkwood does, December through March. That's sunnier than 58% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th sunniest named run at Kirkwood. Its top sits at 9,180 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.
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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.