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Pace Setter

Blue Bear Valley, CA

Steepest pitch21°
Vertical86 ft
Length392 ft
Average pitch13°
FacesNW
Top8,393 ft

Pace Setter drops 86 vertical feet over 392 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 21° about 120 feet below the top. That's steeper than 47% of the 5,615 blue runs we've measured in North America, and the 63rd steepest of 74 named runs at Bear Valley. It faces northwest.

How well Pace Setter holds snow

Snow preservationAverage

Facing northwest at an average 13°, Pace Setter gets about 82% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bear Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 51% of the runs we've measured, and the 57th shadiest named run at Bear Valley. Its top sits at 8,390 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.

Pace Setter profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Pace Setter elsewhere

Nearby at Bear Valley

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.