Black diamond Bear Valley, CA
Porrige Bowl drops 155 vertical feet over 434 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 28° about 260 feet below the top. That's steeper than 46% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 40th steepest of 74 named runs at Bear Valley. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 21°, Porrige Bowl gets about 73% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bear Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 66% of the runs we've measured, and the 45th shadiest named run at Bear Valley. Its top sits at 8,460 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.