Black diamond Mammoth, CA
Fascination drops 483 vertical feet over 1,504 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 260 feet below the top. That's steeper than 25% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 70th steepest of 151 named runs at Mammoth. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 19°, Fascination gets about 57% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mammoth does, December through March. That's shadier than 87% of the runs we've measured, and the 31st shadiest named run at Mammoth. Its top sits at 9,480 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. 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.