Green Northstar, CA
The Gulch drops 302 vertical feet over 2,322 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 13° about 850 feet below the top. That's steeper than 41% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 83rd steepest of 90 named runs at Northstar. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 8°, The Gulch gets about 86% of the winter sun that flat ground at Northstar does, December through March. That's sunnier than 55% of the runs we've measured, and the 32nd sunniest named run at Northstar. Its top sits at 7,140 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.