Double black Mountain High, CA
Vertigo drops 413 vertical feet over 1,036 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 23% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 3rd steepest of 37 named runs at Mountain High. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 24°, Vertigo gets about 61% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mountain High does, December through March. That's shadier than 83% of the runs we've measured, and the 4th shadiest named run at Mountain High. Its top sits at 7,820 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.