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Roller Coaster

Blue Mt Baldy, CA

Steepest pitch11°
Vertical137 ft
Length1,099 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesSE
Top8,547 ft

Roller Coaster drops 137 vertical feet over 1,099 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 11° about 1,080 feet below the top. That's steeper than 4% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 24th steepest of 26 named runs at Mt Baldy. It faces southeast.

How well Roller Coaster holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing southeast at an average 7°, Roller Coaster gets about 108% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Baldy does, December through March. That's sunnier than 79% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Mt Baldy. Its top sits at 8,550 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.

Roller Coaster profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Roller Coaster elsewhere

Nearby at Mt Baldy

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.