Black diamond Bear Valley, CA
The Slot drops 429 vertical feet over 1,018 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 34° about 540 feet below the top. That's steeper than 79% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 27th steepest of 74 named runs at Bear Valley. It faces north.
Facing north at an average 25°, The Slot gets about 42% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bear Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 97% of the runs we've measured, and the 11th shadiest named run at Bear Valley. Its top sits at 8,040 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.