Blue Mt Baldy, CA
Shortcut drops 300 vertical feet over 873 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 760 feet below the top. That's steeper than 86% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 26 named runs at Mt Baldy. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 20°, Shortcut gets about 65% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Baldy does, December through March. That's shadier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 6th shadiest named run at Mt Baldy. Its top sits at 8,500 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.