Black diamond Bear Valley, CA
Fool's Bowl drops 747 vertical feet over 1,388 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 45° about 360 feet below the top. That's steeper than 99% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 7th steepest of 74 named runs at Bear Valley. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 33°, Fool's Bowl gets about 36% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bear Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 99% of the runs we've measured, and the shadiest named run at Bear Valley. Its top sits at 7,750 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.