Unrated Bear Valley, CA
Lower Snow Valley drops 690 vertical feet over 2,848 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 40° about 430 feet below the top. That's steeper than 97% of the 511 unrated runs we've measured in North America, and the 16th steepest of 74 named runs at Bear Valley. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 15°, Lower Snow Valley gets about 69% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bear Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 73% of the runs we've measured, and the 39th shadiest named run at Bear Valley. Its top sits at 7,330 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.