Black diamond Bear Valley, CA
Phil's Knob drops 493 vertical feet over 1,065 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 45° about 20 feet below the top. That's steeper than 99% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 5th steepest of 74 named runs at Bear Valley. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 28°, Phil's Knob 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 15th 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.