Black diamond Bear Mountain, CA
Grizzly drops 262 vertical feet over 860 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 37° about 440 feet below the top. That's steeper than 91% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 1st steepest of 25 named runs at Bear Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 18°, Grizzly gets about 66% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bear Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 77% of the runs we've measured, and the 5th shadiest named run at Bear Mountain. Its top sits at 7,860 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.