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Pipeline

Blue Snow Valley, CA

Steepest pitch24°
Vertical130 ft
Length1,385 ft
Average pitch7°
FacesNE
Top7,152 ft

Pipeline drops 130 vertical feet over 1,385 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 580 feet below the top. That's steeper than 69% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 9th steepest of 28 named runs at Snow Valley. It faces northeast.

How well Pipeline holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northeast at an average 7°, Pipeline 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 8th sunniest named run at Snow Valley. Its top sits at 7,150 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.

Pipeline profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Pipeline 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.