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Cannonball

Blue Ski Smithers, BC

Steepest pitch—
Vertical690 ft
Length2,604 ft
Average pitch15°
FacesS
Top5,465 ft

Cannonball drops 690 vertical feet over 2,604 feet of skiing. It faces south.

How well Cannonball holds snow

Snow preservationPoor

Facing south at an average 15°, Cannonball gets about 156% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Smithers does, December through March. That's sunnier than 99% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th sunniest named run at Ski Smithers. Its top sits at 5,470 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.

Cannonball profile

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

Where it is on the mountain

Nearby at Ski Smithers

Measured by ZRankings from Natural Resources Canada lidar (1-meter where it exists, coarser elsewhere). 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.