Black diamond Bear Valley, CA
Grizzly Ridge drops 879 vertical feet over 2,098 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 37° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 90% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 20th steepest of 74 named runs at Bear Valley. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 25°, Grizzly Ridge gets about 39% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bear Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 98% of the runs we've measured, and the 9th shadiest named run at Bear Valley. Its top sits at 7,530 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.