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Alpine Way

Green Ski Smithers, BC

Steepest pitch19°
Vertical687 ft
Length3,974 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesSE
Top5,042 ft

Alpine Way drops 687 vertical feet over 3,974 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 19° about 3,560 feet below the top. That's steeper than 84% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 7th steepest of 16 named runs at Ski Smithers. It faces southeast.

How well Alpine Way holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing southeast at an average 10°, Alpine Way gets about 135% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Smithers does, December through March. That's sunnier than 94% of the runs we've measured, and the 17th sunniest named run at Ski Smithers. Its top sits at 5,040 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.

Alpine Way profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Alpine Way elsewhere

Nearby at Ski Smithers

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter lidar from Natural Resources Canada. 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.