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Saddle Bowl

Blue Mammoth, CA

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical545 ft
Length2,598 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesNE
Top10,186 ft

Saddle Bowl drops 545 vertical feet over 2,598 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 890 feet below the top. That's steeper than 42% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 107th steepest of 151 named runs at Mammoth. It faces northeast.

How well Saddle Bowl holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 12°, Saddle Bowl gets about 79% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mammoth does, December through March. That's shadier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the 98th shadiest named run at Mammoth. Its top sits at 10,190 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.

Saddle Bowl profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Saddle 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.