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Hemlock Bowl

Double black Mammoth, CA

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical358 ft
Length2,033 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesN
Top9,660 ft

Hemlock Bowl drops 358 vertical feet over 2,033 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 780 feet below the top. That's steeper than 11% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 78th steepest of 151 named runs at Mammoth. It faces north.

How well Hemlock Bowl holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 11°, Hemlock Bowl gets about 65% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mammoth does, December through March. That's shadier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 49th shadiest named run at Mammoth. Its top sits at 9,660 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.

Hemlock Bowl profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Hemlock Bowl elsewhere

Nearby at Mammoth

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.