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Pipeline

Blue Mountain High, CA

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical107 ft
Length646 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesN
Top7,762 ft

Pipeline drops 107 vertical feet over 646 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 130 feet below the top. That's steeper than 9% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 34th steepest of 37 named runs at Mountain High. It faces north.

How well Pipeline holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing north at an average 10°, Pipeline 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 27th shadiest named run at Mountain High. Its top sits at 7,760 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.

Pipeline profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Pipeline 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.