Double black Bear Valley, CA
Uptight drops 599 vertical feet over 1,047 feet of skiing, with a steepest pitch of 40° about 240 feet below the top. That's steeper than 68% of the 2,251 double black runs we've measured in North America, and the 18th steepest of 74 named runs at Bear Valley. It faces northeast.
Facing northeast at an average 35°, Uptight 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 17th shadiest named run at Bear Valley. Its top sits at 7,640 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.