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Blue Grouse

Green Mt Shasta, CA

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical508 ft
Length3,168 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesS
Top6,020 ft

Blue Grouse drops 508 vertical feet over 3,168 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 2,880 feet below the top. That's steeper than 84% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 24th steepest of 34 named runs at Mt Shasta. It faces south.

How well Blue Grouse holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 9°, Blue Grouse gets about 118% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Shasta does, December through March. That's sunnier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 19th sunniest named run at Mt Shasta. Its top sits at 6,020 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.

Blue Grouse profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Blue Grouse 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.