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Crest Trail

Blue Mountain High, CA

Steepest pitch11°
Vertical68 ft
Length944 ft
Average pitch5°
FacesNE
Top7,736 ft

Crest Trail drops 68 vertical feet over 944 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 11° about 520 feet below the top. That's steeper than 4% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 36th steepest of 37 named runs at Mountain High. It faces northeast.

How well Crest Trail holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 5°, Crest Trail gets about 81% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mountain High does, December through March. That's shadier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 28th shadiest named run at Mountain High. Its top sits at 7,740 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.

Crest Trail profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Crest Trail elsewhere

Nearby at Mountain High

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.