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Snow Shoe

Blue Mt Shasta, CA

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical272 ft
Length1,177 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesSE
Top5,841 ft

Snow Shoe drops 272 vertical feet over 1,177 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 540 feet below the top. That's steeper than 33% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 25th steepest of 34 named runs at Mt Shasta. It faces southeast.

How well Snow Shoe holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 13°, Snow Shoe gets about 113% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Shasta does, December through March. That's sunnier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 27th sunniest named run at Mt Shasta. Its top sits at 5,840 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.

Snow Shoe profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Snow Shoe 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.