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Lemurian

Black diamond Mt Shasta, CA

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical1,151 ft
Length4,297 ft
Average pitch16°
FacesS
Top7,539 ft

Lemurian drops 1,151 vertical feet over 4,297 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 740 feet below the top. That's steeper than 16% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 34 named runs at Mt Shasta. It faces south.

How well Lemurian holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 16°, Lemurian gets about 133% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Shasta does, December through March. That's sunnier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 3rd sunniest named run at Mt Shasta. Its top sits at 7,540 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.

Lemurian profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lemurian 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.