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Water Tank

Blue Mammoth, CA

Steepest pitch18°
Vertical372 ft
Length1,525 ft
Average pitch14°
FacesE
Top8,851 ft

Water Tank drops 372 vertical feet over 1,525 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 880 feet below the top. That's steeper than 27% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 118th steepest of 151 named runs at Mammoth. It faces east.

How well Water Tank holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 14°, Water Tank gets about 109% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mammoth does, December through March. That's sunnier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th sunniest named run at Mammoth. Its top sits at 8,850 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.

Water Tank profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Water Tank 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.