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Lower Gully

Blue Ski Smithers, BC

Steepest pitch13°
Vertical393 ft
Length2,803 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesE
Top5,173 ft

Lower Gully drops 393 vertical feet over 2,803 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 13° about 1,420 feet below the top. That's steeper than 7% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 14th steepest of 16 named runs at Ski Smithers. It faces east.

How well Lower Gully holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing east at an average 9°, Lower Gully gets about 107% of the winter sun that flat ground at Ski Smithers does, December through March. That's sunnier than 78% of the runs we've measured, and the 26th sunniest named run at Ski Smithers. Its top sits at 5,170 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.

Lower Gully profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Lower Gully 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.