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Beeline

Blue Mt Shasta, CA

Steepest pitch13°
Vertical234 ft
Length3,034 ft
Average pitch5°
FacesSE
Top6,622 ft

Beeline drops 234 vertical feet over 3,034 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 13° about 2,790 feet below the top. That's steeper than 8% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 31st steepest of 34 named runs at Mt Shasta. It faces southeast.

How well Beeline holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 5°, Beeline gets about 123% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Shasta does, December through March. That's sunnier than 88% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th sunniest named run at Mt Shasta. Its top sits at 6,620 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.

Beeline profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Beeline elsewhere

Nearby at Mt Shasta

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.