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Telemark

Blue Mt Shasta, CA

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical381 ft
Length1,688 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesSE
Top6,062 ft

Telemark drops 381 vertical feet over 1,688 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 620 feet below the top. That's steeper than 40% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 23rd steepest of 34 named runs at Mt Shasta. It faces southeast.

How well Telemark holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 13°, Telemark gets about 118% of the winter sun that flat ground at Mt Shasta does, December through March. That's sunnier than 86% of the runs we've measured, and the 17th sunniest named run at Mt Shasta. Its top sits at 6,060 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.

Telemark profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Telemark 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.