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Manzanita

Blue Mammoth, CA

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical371 ft
Length2,111 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesSE
Top9,052 ft

Manzanita drops 371 vertical feet over 2,111 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 1,970 feet below the top. That's steeper than 37% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 110th steepest of 151 named runs at Mammoth. It faces southeast.

How well Manzanita holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 10°, Manzanita gets about 112% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mammoth does, December through March. That's sunnier than 81% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th sunniest named run at Mammoth. Its top sits at 9,050 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Manzanita profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Manzanita 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.