Blue Northstar, CA
Castle Peak drops 1,448 vertical feet over 5,839 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 2,780 feet below the top. That's steeper than 76% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 34th steepest of 90 named runs at Northstar. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 14°, Castle Peak gets about 89% of the winter sun that flat ground at Northstar does, December through March. That's sunnier than 59% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd sunniest named run at Northstar. Its top sits at 8,200 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.
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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.