Blue Bear Mountain, CA
Expressway drops 406 vertical feet over 2,012 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 1,680 feet below the top. That's steeper than 63% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 12th steepest of 25 named runs at Bear Mountain. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 12°, Expressway gets about 77% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bear Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 60% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th shadiest named run at Bear Mountain. Its top sits at 8,010 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.