Black diamond Bear Valley, CA
Feather Duster drops 463 vertical feet over 1,590 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 31° about 520 feet below the top. That's steeper than 62% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 32nd steepest of 74 named runs at Bear Valley. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 17°, Feather Duster gets about 70% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bear Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 72% of the runs we've measured, and the 41st shadiest named run at Bear Valley. Its top sits at 8,250 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.