Blue Mammoth, CA
Swell drops 648 vertical feet over 3,070 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 2,510 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 northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 12°, Swell gets about 77% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mammoth does, December through March. That's shadier than 60% of the runs we've measured, and the 87th shadiest named run at Mammoth. Its top sits at 9,130 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.