Black diamond Bear Mountain, CA
Rip's Run drops 307 vertical feet over 960 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 24° about 490 feet below the top. That's steeper than 19% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 11th steepest of 25 named runs at Bear Mountain. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 19°, Rip's Run gets about 62% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bear Mountain does, December through March. That's shadier than 82% of the runs we've measured, and the 2nd shadiest named run at Bear Mountain. Its top sits at 8,440 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.