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Upper Wine Rock

Blue Snow Valley, CA

Steepest pitch16°
Vertical258 ft
Length1,626 ft
Average pitch9°
FacesN
Top7,574 ft

Upper Wine Rock drops 258 vertical feet over 1,626 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 16° about 1,160 feet below the top. That's steeper than 17% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 21st steepest of 28 named runs at Snow Valley. It faces north.

How well Upper Wine Rock holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing north at an average 9°, Upper Wine Rock gets about 82% of the winter sun that flat ground at Snow Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 51% of the runs we've measured, and the 17th shadiest named run at Snow Valley. Its top sits at 7,570 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.

Upper Wine Rock profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Upper Wine Rock 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.