Black diamond Bear Valley, CA
National drops 410 vertical feet over 1,022 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 29° about 180 feet below the top. That's steeper than 53% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 37th steepest of 74 named runs at Bear Valley. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 24°, National gets about 60% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bear Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 32nd shadiest named run at Bear Valley. Its top sits at 8,340 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.