Blue Northstar, CA
Cat's Face drops 214 vertical feet over 813 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 18° about 220 feet below the top. That's steeper than 29% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 70th steepest of 90 named runs at Northstar. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 15°, Cat's Face gets about 64% of the winter sun that flat ground at Northstar does, December through March. That's shadier than 80% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th shadiest named run at Northstar. Its top sits at 7,390 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. 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.