Double black Mammoth, CA
Dragons Tail drops 1,253 vertical feet over 3,677 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 53° about 200 feet below the top. That's steeper than 100% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 151 named runs at Mammoth. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 21°, Dragons Tail gets about 87% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mammoth does, December through March. That's sunnier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 41st sunniest named run at Mammoth. Its top sits at 10,170 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.