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East Bowl

Blue Snow Valley, CA

Steepest pitch20°
Vertical154 ft
Length736 ft
Average pitch12°
FacesN
Top6,997 ft

East Bowl drops 154 vertical feet over 736 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 20° about 190 feet below the top. That's steeper than 39% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 28 named runs at Snow Valley. It faces north.

How well East Bowl holds snow

Snow preservationGood

Facing north at an average 12°, East Bowl gets about 72% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snow Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 67% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th shadiest named run at Snow Valley. Its top sits at 7,000 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.

East Bowl profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like East Bowl elsewhere

Nearby at Snow Valley

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.