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Lower Wine Rock

Blue Snow Valley, CA

Steepest pitch14°
Vertical164 ft
Length935 ft
Average pitch10°
FacesNW
Top7,316 ft

Lower Wine Rock drops 164 vertical feet over 935 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 14° about 70 feet below the top. That's steeper than 9% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 24th steepest of 28 named runs at Snow Valley. It faces northwest.

How well Lower Wine Rock holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 10°, Lower Wine Rock gets about 87% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snow Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 56% of the runs we've measured, and the 10th sunniest named run at Snow Valley. Its top sits at 7,320 feet.

It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Lower Wine Rock profile

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Where it is on the mountain

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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.