Blue Bear Valley, CA
Bear Boogie drops 837 vertical feet over 4,330 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 23° about 1,780 feet below the top. That's steeper than 65% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 55th steepest of 74 named runs at Bear Valley. It faces west.
Facing west at an average 11°, Bear Boogie gets about 97% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bear Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 68% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th sunniest named run at Bear Valley. Its top sits at 8,480 feet.
With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. 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.