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Coyote

Blue Sierra-At-Tahoe, CA

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical479 ft
Length1,875 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesSW
Top8,718 ft

Coyote drops 479 vertical feet over 1,875 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 300 feet below the top. That's steeper than 74% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 15th steepest of 50 named runs at Sierra-At-Tahoe. It faces southwest.

How well Coyote holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southwest at an average 15°, Coyote gets about 130% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sierra-At-Tahoe does, December through March. That's sunnier than 92% of the runs we've measured, and the sunniest named run at Sierra-At-Tahoe. Its top sits at 8,720 feet.

Angled toward the low winter sun, it bakes: powder turns heavy soon after a storm, and in spring it softens early in the day and refreezes hard overnight. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Coyote profile

under 25°25–35°35–45°45°+ Hover to follow the line on the map.

Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Coyote elsewhere

Nearby at Sierra-At-Tahoe

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.