Blue Sierra-At-Tahoe, CA
Pika drops 80 vertical feet over 599 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 15° about 440 feet below the top. That's steeper than 14% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 38th steepest of 50 named runs at Sierra-At-Tahoe. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 8°, Pika gets about 92% of the winter sun that flat ground at Sierra-At-Tahoe does, December through March. That's sunnier than 63% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th sunniest named run at Sierra-At-Tahoe. Its top sits at 7,440 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.