Blue Snow Summit, CA
Hog Back drops 324 vertical feet over 1,917 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 390 feet below the top. That's steeper than 47% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 18th steepest of 27 named runs at Snow Summit. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 10°, Hog Back gets about 71% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snow Summit does, December through March. That's shadier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 12th shadiest named run at Snow Summit. Its top sits at 7,760 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 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.