Blue Bear Mountain, CA
Ripcord drops 543 vertical feet over 2,109 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 27° about 160 feet below the top. That's steeper than 86% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 7th steepest of 25 named runs at Bear Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 15°, Ripcord gets about 71% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bear Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 70% of the runs we've measured, and the 8th shadiest named run at Bear Mountain. Its top sits at 8,200 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.