Unrated Northstar, CA
Lookout drops 51 vertical feet over 658 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 6° about 460 feet below the top. That's steeper than 29% of the 511 unrated runs we've measured in North America, and the 90th steepest of 90 named runs at Northstar. It faces southeast.
Facing southeast at an average 4°, Lookout gets about 105% of the winter sun that flat ground at Northstar does, December through March. That's sunnier than 76% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Northstar. Its top sits at 7,860 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.