Blue Northstar, CA
Upper Lion's Way drops 478 vertical feet over 3,051 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 25° about 2,630 feet below the top. That's steeper than 79% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 30th steepest of 90 named runs at Northstar. It faces east.
Facing east at an average 9°, Upper Lion's Way gets about 95% of the winter sun that flat ground at Northstar does, December through March. That's sunnier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th sunniest named run at Northstar. Its top sits at 7,470 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.