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Ski Back Trail

Green Mammoth, CA

Steepest pitch17°
Vertical581 ft
Length7,933 ft
Average pitch5°
FacesSE
Top8,642 ft

Ski Back Trail drops 581 vertical feet over 7,933 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 17° about 5,430 feet below the top. That's steeper than 71% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 126th steepest of 151 named runs at Mammoth. It faces southeast.

How well Ski Back Trail holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing southeast at an average 5°, Ski Back Trail gets about 107% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mammoth does, December through March. That's sunnier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th sunniest named run at Mammoth. Its top sits at 8,640 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.

Ski Back Trail profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Ski Back Trail 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.