Black diamond Bear Valley, CA
Orvis Saddle drops 1,204 vertical feet over 5,760 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 41° about 4,450 feet below the top. That's steeper than 97% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 13th steepest of 74 named runs at Bear Valley. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 14°, Orvis Saddle gets about 85% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bear Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 53% of the runs we've measured, and the 22nd sunniest named run at Bear Valley. Its top sits at 7,760 feet.
It gets an ordinary dose of sun: powder lasts a typical amount of time, and spring snow softens on a normal schedule. 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.