Black diamond Bear Valley, CA
Strawberry Fields drops 634 vertical feet over 1,775 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 40° about 70 feet below the top. That's steeper than 95% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 17th steepest of 74 named runs at Bear Valley. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 21°, Strawberry Fields gets about 47% 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 16th shadiest named run at Bear Valley. Its top sits at 7,250 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.