Double black Bear Valley, CA
Hari Kari drops 363 vertical feet over 682 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 49° about 260 feet below the top. That's steeper than 96% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 2nd steepest of 74 named runs at Bear Valley. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 33°, Hari Kari gets about 45% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bear Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 95% of the runs we've measured, and the 14th shadiest named run at Bear Valley. Its top sits at 7,700 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.