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North Saddle

Blue Mt Shasta, CA

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical344 ft
Length1,900 ft
Average pitch11°
FacesN
Top6,578 ft

North Saddle drops 344 vertical feet over 1,900 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 480 feet below the top. That's steeper than 51% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 21st steepest of 34 named runs at Mt Shasta. It faces north.

How well North Saddle holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing north at an average 11°, North Saddle gets about 78% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Shasta does, December through March. That's shadier than 57% of the runs we've measured, and the shadiest named run at Mt Shasta. Its top sits at 6,580 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

North Saddle profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like North Saddle 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.