Blue Bear Mountain, CA
Accelerator drops 277 vertical feet over 1,196 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 730 feet below the top. That's steeper than 60% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 25 named runs at Bear Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 14°, Accelerator gets about 74% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bear Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th shadiest named run at Bear Mountain. Its top sits at 7,610 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.