Double black Ski Smithers, BC
Holy Smoke drops 654 vertical feet over 1,724 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 40° about 350 feet below the top. That's steeper than 71% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 16 named runs at Ski Smithers. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 23°, Holy Smoke gets about 50% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Smithers does, December through March. That's shadier than 93% of the runs we've measured, and the shadiest named run at Ski Smithers. Its top sits at 4,720 feet.
Shaded snow stays colder and drier, so it holds powder longer after a storm and is slower to crust over or turn to slush in spring. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.
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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.