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Ray's Run

Blue Mt Shasta, CA

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical1,055 ft
Length4,033 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesS
Top7,443 ft

Ray's Run drops 1,055 vertical feet over 4,033 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 600 feet below the top. That's steeper than 62% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 18th steepest of 34 named runs at Mt Shasta. It faces south.

How well Ray's Run holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 15°, Ray's Run gets about 132% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Shasta does, December through March. That's sunnier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Mt Shasta. Its top sits at 7,440 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.

Ray's Run profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Ray's Run 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.