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Ego Trip

Black diamond Snow Summit, CA

Steepest pitch23°
Vertical615 ft
Length2,718 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesN
Top8,178 ft

Ego Trip drops 615 vertical feet over 2,718 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 640 feet below the top. That's steeper than 15% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 27 named runs at Snow Summit. It faces north.

How well Ego Trip holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 13°, Ego Trip gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snow Summit does, December through March. That's shadier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 15th shadiest named run at Snow Summit. Its top sits at 8,180 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.

Ego Trip profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Ego Trip elsewhere

Nearby at Snow Summit

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.