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Triangle

Green Bear Valley, CA

Steepest pitch12°
Vertical165 ft
Length1,566 ft
Average pitch6°
FacesNE
Top7,969 ft

Triangle drops 165 vertical feet over 1,566 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 12° about 10 feet below the top. That's steeper than 33% of the 3,109 green runs we've measured in North America, and the 74th steepest of 74 named runs at Bear Valley. It faces northeast.

How well Triangle holds snow

Snow preservationBelow average

Facing northeast at an average 6°, Triangle gets about 93% of the winter sun that flat ground at Bear Valley does, December through March. That's sunnier than 64% of the runs we've measured, and the 16th sunniest named run at Bear Valley. Its top sits at 7,970 feet.

With little slope to hide behind, it takes nearly the full winter sun of open ground: powder settles and turns heavy sooner after a storm, and spring snow softens early. Shading from ridges and trees isn't counted yet.

Triangle profile

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Where it is on the mountain

Runs like Triangle elsewhere

Nearby at Bear Valley

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.