Black diamond Bear Valley, CA
Tortilla Flats drops 253 vertical feet over 671 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 30° about 500 feet below the top. That's steeper than 60% of the 4,740 black diamond runs we've measured in North America, and the 34th steepest of 74 named runs at Bear Valley. It faces northwest.
Facing northwest at an average 23°, Tortilla Flats gets about 59% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bear Valley does, December through March. That's shadier than 85% of the runs we've measured, and the 31st 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.